EAR COCKLE IN WHEAT.
The Government biologist (Mr T. W. Kirk), after a careful examination of the district, is of opinion that there is no ground for apprehension of ear cockle spreading through the wheat fields of Canterbury, or other districts of the colony, if proper and timely precautions are taken. He states that if the wheat intended for sowing is thrown into cold water, any cockles or galls there may be on it will float to the surface, and may be easily skimmed off and burned. If that course is followed, and the ground to be sown is treated to a dressing of nitrate, farmers can, Mr Kirk says, rest assured that the crops in future will be quite free from the cockle.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6514, 17 June 1899, Page 7
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124EAR COCKLE IN WHEAT. Star (Christchurch), Issue 6514, 17 June 1899, Page 7
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