NEW GRASS DISCOVERED.
A now grass lias boon discovered in Africa that is expected to be of great help in solving the soil erosion problem. It spreads with crreat rapidity, quickly covering large areas with a lush growth in sections of limited rainfall. Eight men were required to lift a single runner with all its secondary growths. This runner extended itself a distance of 48..') feet in live and a half months. A single plant appeared spontaneously in the experimental station of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry at Pretoria. A search was made for the wild plant, and it was found growing in the nearby Eift Valley, reports I. B. Vole Evans, in a communication to '"Nature."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 201, 26 August 1939, Page 8
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118NEW GRASS DISCOVERED. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 201, 26 August 1939, Page 8
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