JOTTINGS FOR FARMERS.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15243, 3 April 1915, Page 4

JOTTINGS FOR FARMERS.

A crop of nine acres of tares at the Woraroa Experimental Farm, on which sheep wero grazed during tho winter months, and which was shut up for harvesting in tho month of August, has given „ return of 336 bushels, or just on 38 bushels to the acre.

Last week Mr A. W. Kimber's inachino threshed a email paddock oE wheat belonging to Messrs McCartiu and McCleary, of Springston, which yielded 88 bushels to tho acre.

■ So far as New Zealand is concerned tho war has had comparatively little effect on the grass-seed trade (says "the "journal of Agriciilturo"). The very high prices of our main seeds have been duo almost entirely to tho local unfavourable season. Tho most unusual featuro of tho trado has been tho very lafgo importation of perennial ryegrass seed, well over a. thousand tone "Having been already landed and sown down. As a usual rulo New Zealand produces moro than 'sufficient of this seed for her own requirements. It is moro than probable.that tho prico Of rye-gras 5 seed will advance, duo to the almost certain extension of cereal, cropping and tho inclusion in tho seeding of the grain crops of a gra&e'-mixture, in which ■ rye-grass will occupy a prominent position, for tho purpose of providing subsequent pasture. The demand for rye-grass within the next few months should therefore bo considerable. This wliile the supptic s are smaller than usual.