CONTROL OF RAGWORT.
WAIPA INSPECTOR’S WORK. SECTION BADLY INFESTED. “The southern section of the county appears to lie badly infested with ragwort. hut. I am pleased to know that Hie settlers are fully alive to the menace and that they intend to do their best to combat it,’’ reported Hie recently-appointed noxious weeds inspector, Mr G. M. Wall at a meeting of the Waipa County Council yesterday. Mr Wall said that the northern end of the county was difficult, to deal with as the ragwort had only reached the “odd plant." stage. It was In out-of-the-way places, such as gullies, that, the chief trouble lay. Most road frontages were char. The possibilities of obtaining subsidised labour was Iho subject of inquiry and as the season gave every prospect of being early as far as ragwort was concerned, a start would be required to bo made earlier than in previous years.
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Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19659, 20 August 1935, Page 9
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150CONTROL OF RAGWORT. Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19659, 20 August 1935, Page 9
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