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Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 127, 24 March 1894, Page 4

•.d inatnsctiv' wv are indebted to the coui y - rctary of tl Ipartmeut of Africa! tara. ih ui by special w|uwt of . number of our subscribers. —Ed.

•x. t lat. rammer rain*. It \ f 1 of "the v-ed prohablv ::,rra *in *how U have b«vn dexterously ; . ■

Xo pains should be 'pared to rid • ultivated • round ana pasture of these i ds. From their prostrate h.Dit I.iy smother more useful and perma- : nt plants. Moreover, if allowed to w for a time without disturbance y produce great numbers of burrs, ch are extremely injurious to wool, n ciating its value very considerably, becoming entangled in the fleece, carried many miles from the nt plants, thus spreading the e extermination of this weed, at 1 i-i In m fenced pasture, should not 1 .iitfn ult. ltenieniber that the plant ni annual, and that anything which will prevent its seeding will suppress r Hi remedy, therefore, is to stock 1 vily during the flowering season, or where tie plants are not numerous mow them down before seeding. I'll burr clovers have been referred t • by onto colonial newspapers as the •hur t burr, thus causing considerconfusion. A comparison of the . liven below, reproduced from •• I. afle! No. 2,” with the one at the 1 ad of this paner will show that such n -cuke >dii .he impossible. The I 1 rrclovi rsaie weak, prostrate plants, while the Bathurst burr is stout and •ul y, sometimes attaining a height d neral feet, with strong spines pr egi ti,' from near the leaves. The burr is oval, hard, and nut-like.