RAPE AND MAIZE.
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Mr W. Cameron, of Te Ore Ore Masterton, this season .so-wed t
crop of dwarf maize recommended by Mr A. 1.. Wood as fodder lor sheep, and which had b-een specially treated. The crop lias been a decided success, and has carried 05 lambs to the acre during the past tnreu weeks, and there is still a good crop left. At the Holmes Kstate, MaXaniwi, mai/.e and thc>usaiidhead kwle ha.\e .'been grown together for fodder, and the crop is an excellent one, being between 2fl ()in ajid :-i«t. high. It will shortly he reail.v for feeding" purposes. ?Ur \\. I'errx .of Penrose, is also growing rape ami maize together lor sheep I'odfler. A local authority informed tl ; U ttirnruiHi l>t».il\" Times rt»poi"tt>r that kale and maize, antl ra.po and inai/.i'. grown logetlu'i", are taking" tlie plaeii of sol'l turnips, and rape as feed for sheep, it litLvirnj Iwen asi'd'tainwl that th(! forn)er crops resist the ravages of the blight.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XL, Issue 5775, 28 February 1912, Page 3
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