RANGWORT

Waikato Independent, Volume XXIX, Issue 3103, 27 June 1929, Page 4

RANGWORT

HOW TO GET RID OP IT.

A well-known and highlyresteeiricd Rotoo-rangi farmer writes us as follows' with regard to the best means of geeting rid, of ragwort:— • ' ■•"■•••■■• J << When Mr. Woodcock was lecturing in. Cambridge recently he was asked if s<i knew the best way to get rid of -Scotch' thistles, 'and".in the 'course of "his reply he saidi'Don't ask me how :to get rid of ragwort,' Well, I find that the best way to keepTragwort from overrunning the farm is to take steps •at this period of the year—the slack time for farmers. While walking round; looking at the*stock* etc.,-it-is a good plan to carry a garden fork! I do so, and whenever I come across a small plant of ragwort I put the fork under it, raise the earth, plant and all, pull out the plant, cut off the root, and just trample down the earth. Thp.n I walk on, looking for the next plant, I find this method much bettor than .waiting for the plants to get into full bloom, and having to pull them out, cart home or burn; or waiting-, on the offchance of some hairy caterpillar coming along to destroy the plants." Our correspondent adds: "On.a,small garden plot of a fami, such as referred to by Mr. Woodcock, an energetic chap Would be able % get ovej the whole estate in a day—that is, if it were not covered with the weed."

The suggestion given above peem?a sane, commonsense one, and yre pass it on to the farmers lor their cpnsidera-, tion.' ~•'••'•■; ••■. -■••; ;•■:"•..-•; 'Z ■_■*..%

PERSONAL. Tho Ecv." L,. H. Hunt, of Auckland, who is at presont staying at the- Manse, intends returning home to-morrow. ..; Mr. and~Mrs. S, Lewis and Miss Jean Caw, of Cambridge, were recent callers at New Zealand House, London.

Mr. H. Grocott has been elected president of the Waikato Hospital Patients' Sunshine League, with Mr. H. J. Ferguson hon. secretary. . His many friends here will be pleased to know that the Bov. Father M. Edge, parish priest of To Awamutu, is back here again after a prolonged bout of illness (says the Waipa Post). He appears considerably improved in health, but leaves again shortly to take a long sea voyage in the hope of complete restoration. Father Edge intends to visit his birthplace in England.

Since its inception seven years ago Mr. A. L. Yule has been president of the Sunshine League. Out of 84 consecutive meetings Mr. Yule has been absent from only two, and those on occasions when he was away from Hamilton. Eulogistic references to Mr. Yule's work were made on the occasion of his retirement from office at the annual meeting.at,„Hamilton on Tuesday night. It was decided to place on re-' cord the League's appreciation of Mr. Yule's lengthy - service. Waikato Times. -

Last Saturday evening a very pleasant informal gathering took place at the residence of Mr; and Mrs. E. H. Bradstreet, Bruntwood, when a number of immediate neighbours assembled to bid them farewell, Mr. Bradstreet having recently disposed of his farm. After supper, Mr. Perry, on behalf of thoso present, expressed regret at Mr. and Mrs. Bradstreet's departure, and wished them eve. y. success and happiness in their new home. The speaker also presented the guests with a very beautiful Amphora vase. Mr. Bradstreet suitably responded. Mr. and Mrs.' who have b<:en esteemed residents of the district for the past three and a-half years, are removing to Bamarama.

Mr. F. Kingsford has taken into partnership Mr. Wilson E. Garrard, LL.B., and the firm will in future be known as Gascoignc, Kingsford and Garrard, barristers and solicitors. Mr. Garrard, who is a son of Mr. G. W. Garrard, chief inspector of schools for the Auckland district, was educated at the Auckland Grammar .School,, and was after Wards for five years with the legal firm of Eussell, Campbell and MeVeagh, and later with Dawson and Still well. He was admitted to the Bar in 1922, and secured his" LL.B. in 1924. Fo/thc past three' years Mr. Garrard has been managing clerk of the firm of Urquhart and Eowe, Eotorua. Mr. Garrard will be an acquisition to Cambridge in "many ways. He and his brother (D. E. Garrard) have both represented New Zealand in cricket, and both he and his wife are golf enthusiasts.