WAIKAKA VALLEY.
January 27.— The farmers are busy at present etackiDg their ryegraes, carting oats to the aiding, and carting a winter's snpply of lignite. Farmers' Enemies.— The farmers have numerous enemies to contend against, some of which seem to advance with civilisation and acquire new tastes, so that farmers are constantly experiencing surprises. Theße reflections occurred to the wiiter a few days ago when he was shown a plot of pease nearly destroyed by rats, as he had never previously seen pease injured by this species of rodent. The weka, or woodhen, is very fond of peace, as early settlers can testify, but I never heard that rats had a relish for them. In the case under comideration the rats ascended on tho props used to support the pease, and had a very good time of it until they were discovered, when a dozen rabbit traps were set without any covering on the tracks which the rats had made all through the plot of pease. The first night six rats were trapped, and the ravages then ceased.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1927, 29 January 1891, Page 19
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178WAIKAKA VALLEY. Otago Witness, Issue 1927, 29 January 1891, Page 19
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