IMPROVING PASTURES.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 132, 5 June 1923, Page 11

IMPROVING PASTURES.

The Agricultural Department, has recently been carrying out interesting experiments at Pueera, near Whangarei. where.GO acres of the poorest gum lands "STe been operated upon. The object ! "I the experiments, the Director-Gen- i eral of Agriculture (Dr. C. .T. Reakes),; i 'wormed a "Dominion" reporter, has: ; neen to establish good, permanent pas- l lure. The results so far have been i v ery encouraging. The bulk of the ! pastures is looking extremely well, and ?' V C3 good promise of holding, though, °t course, some time must elapse before "us.point can be definitely established. J n addition to the growing of crops stable for ploughing in, in order to increase the organic quality of the soil, : another interesting point is the introduction of kikuyu grass (indigenous to '. South Africa). This appears to be well established, and is giving better results , : "ach -year, especially when combined' •■ v!™. "overs. Several settlers in the! '"strict have received roots of this Slf ,, ™ d so far have been well pleased . with the result.?, especially as it seems j '<> stand dry weather very well