A NEW GRASS.
A new grass that is said to promise to revolutionise stock husbandry has appeared—and not in America. According to the director of the division of botany of the Department of Agriculture at Durban, that organisation has secured a grass of outstanding merit and great promise. It' is known as "woolly finger grass." The average carrying capacity of Pretoria veldt was usually estimated at 30 acres per beast, he said, but by laying down one acre of this grass under dry land conditions, it had been shown conclusively that it was possible to change the carrying capacity of the veldt from 30 acre 3 to a beast to one acre per beast. "If this can be done on a large scale this experiment will be of hnmense value" naively adds the authority quoted. If the millions of acres In Africa can be made to carry a beast to the acre the other Dominion* will be htl veil behind. ".."".. , .',.,..
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 19, 23 January 1929, Page 21
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160A NEW GRASS. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 19, 23 January 1929, Page 21
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