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Kōrero: Weeds of agriculture

Spray equipment, 1939

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Spray equipment, 1939

Before the days of hormone sprays, a solution of sodium chlorate was sprayed onto weeds such as blackberry and ragwort. Here a small, two-stroke petrol motor powers a spray unit on the back of a truck used to control roadside weeds.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AANR 6329 24 DA 31,830

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Ian Popay, Weeds of agriculture – Weed control, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/16489/spray-equipment-1939 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ian Popay, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.