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New Zealand Tablet, 14 September 1911, Page 1794

A Masterton dairy farmer, in conversation with a representative of the Age, stated that feed was scarcer just now than it had been during the months of June and July. The ground is dry,' and there is very little growth in the grass. •. • In the pulilng down operations at the old Timaru Theatre, it was found that the ' borer' had worked its way through every timber. Even Oregon beams, a timber that is supposed to be immune, on account of the large proportion of resin it contains, were found to be reduced to a sponge by the borer.