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Paragraph 4

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The farmer shall not apply herbicides to open rough grazings except to control bracken (pteridium aquilinum), spear thistle (cirsium vulgare), creeping or field thistle (cirsium arvense), curled dock (rumex crispus), broadleaved dock (rumex obtusifolius) or ragwort (senecio jacobaea). Any herbicides used must be applied by weed wiper, spot treatment or hand spraying only. In the case of bracken (pteridium aquilinum), control shall only be by means of asulam or other chemicals approved by the Secretary of State.