NOXIOUS WEEDS.

Te Aroha News, Volume XLI, Issue 6599, 14 May 1925, Page 6

NOXIOUS WEEDS.

LESS PLOUGHING THE REMEDY It is very sad to see noxious weeds thriving in the best parts of the district, and the position in some areas is really serious. There are parts of one or two farms, good land, where ragwort flourishes, and the result is that all the neighbouring farms are showing patches of it in greater or less extent. The careful farmer with a pride in his place takes the weed in hand and works constantly to keep it in check, if not to eradicate the pest. But so long as there are farmers who do nothing to prevent its spread, so long will their neighbours be troubled. It is the duty of all to attend to this matter and so help their neighbours and the country generally. Another bad tenant that has come in and taken a lease of some of the best land is the Californian thistle. Farmers everywhere will tell you that they have more or less of this weed, and the most casual inspecion of the farms will demonstrate its presence. And it is one that is very insidious and pertinacious in its growth. Farmers agree that it is a very bad problem. The question emphasised the contention of many farmers that the less ploughing that can be done the better. Get a good stand of lucerne and grow only the minimum of root crops that will serve to carry on with. That is the advice of many enlightened and progressive farmers.— Hawera Star.