AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.
To kill ragwort the New Zealand Department of agriculture advises the use of one part sulphate of iron to three parts common salt applied to the plant during dry weather.
Beef values in Poverty Bay are now at the highest rates for many years, and some good sales have been made. Poverty Bay lamb has been selling well on the London market, the first consignment having brought llid to 11 £d per lb., while later shipments brought lOd to llid.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18536, 5 April 1930, Page 10 (Supplement)
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82AGRICULTURAL ITEMS. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18536, 5 April 1930, Page 10 (Supplement)
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