5 MARCH 1954, Page 14

CHEMICAL WARFARE SIR.—As I have never come across a type

of selective weedkiller with a " repellent stench," most of them being quite fresh-smelling; as you are unlikely to come into contact with any of the particles unless you are close to the spray; as the hedgerows of most counties, not only Kent, are riddled with harmful weeds; and as selective weedkillers have been used all over the country for some years on fields, which have a far greater area than hedgerows. with only beneficial effects. I heartily disagree with Mrs. Kitcat's views.— Yours faithfully,