TROUBLESOME WEED
EFFECT ON FLOCKS TOOTfLBKUyfIES FOR SHEEP In dry seasons a weed grows abundantly on some Canterbury pastures which, when eaten by sheep with other grass, leaves in the gums of the sheep a barbed seed-casing wich causes the animal great pain. The nuisance has been so severe in some flocks this season that farmers have had to do something to combat it. Recently one farmer and his men went through his entire flock with toothbrushes removing (he barbs. An other farmer used a nail brush on is dieep. Experts say t hat where thv weed is common, the nuisan'eo becomes a menace, the barbs working into the gums of the sheep and causing such damage that they have a definite effect on condition.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 19, 23 January 1935, Page 3
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125TROUBLESOME WEED Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 19, 23 January 1935, Page 3
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