AGRICULTURAL CONFERENCE
(Per Press Association.) Wellington, August 16. Tim Agricultural Conference to-day passed flic following resolutions;— Thai the Government be asked to establish a plant-breeding and experimental faun in the SoutJi Island. That where land of a suitable nature and conveniently situated is offered for experimental purposes by any A. and P. Association, the Department he urged to sudsidise same £ for £, and provide superintendent. That the Government he asked to take active steps to keep down noxious weeds on Crown and native lands, and to offer' further inducements for any efficient means of eradication. That this conference views with alarm the rapid and general increase of rabbits through the waste and unoccupied lands of the North Island, immediately adjoining the East Coast Habits District, and urges the Department to insist on more complete means being taken to cope with the evident increase of the pest.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 149, 16 August 1911, Page 6
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