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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20551, 20 May 1932, Page 20

AUCTION*. MATSON AND CO. THE EARLY SERIES OF THIS, ARTICLE APPEARED IN THIS COLUMN A UN THE 13th and 14th MAY, and the CONCLUDING- PORTION IS AS FOL- <j lOWS FARMERS WOULD BE WELL ADVISED TO CUT OUT THE TWO AND T PASTE THEM TOGETHER. H. MATSON and CO. C "WINTER GROWTH OF PASTURES. USE OF LIME. before leaving tho question of the improvement o£ so.l fertility mention m.ght bo , made- of the part played by lime.. In the vast this material has been used on P*stures with the idea that it cannot do »ny h«m, and it ought to do some good. Übubllj is effect on pastures is not very marked, and it is only in exceptional cases of extreme iime deficiency that any substantial increase in growth is obtained. . . Its effects are most noticeable during the winter time, and the difference netwden treated and untreated pasture is occasionally quit* marked at this period. In tho ps.turo loir-dressing experiments conducted by tms department throughout Victoria lime applied on its own has seldom shown any improve.ment, but where it has been used _ together with superphosphate it Usually has given considerably better results than super, alone This is especially so in the wetter part.i of the State, and it is in those districts that the use of lime seems to have distinct po ; - libilities for encouraging extra winter growth on. pastures. The second means by which tho <- oud > ll °" ..f the soil may be made more fa >' ou ™ b ' 0 r ,^ 1 plant growth during the winter is by drai ng wet and water-logged areas. Artlflu.il drainage involving a system of underground ngricultural drains is a mo. expensive undertaking, and the cost could be justified only in tho case of first-class pasture land. Generally for pasture purposes any money available for drainage schemes should be.expended on the wet areas that can be.most easily improved. In some cases »°»«*«*. able improvement may result by construct • ag a short drain'into some existing outlet In other cases existing drains may onlj no ed cleaning out or deepening to make them really effective once more. Again, it naT be possible to intercept surface water •ominginto a field from higher ground by means 5 of a plough • furrow, and so run thia V r n \™Tc>£° fn considering the possible »dvwtaTes and the cost involved in *»«»««■ ?,reas that may bo temporary wa cr winter it may be advisable to bear in mina rhepos'lbility of the effect of *«'»»*" ™ such areas during the summer. Quite often it ii found that'these areas provide valuahk- irreeu bite n summer wlieu tho rebi of the 5 pasture h dried off "d unless the rfraina-e can be done cheaply and effective > it is TOasibfe that the small improvement in winter growth may not justify the expense. H 3IATSON and CO., -— : , STOCK AUCTIONEERS, M CHRISTCHCKOH. WINTER-GROWING SPECIES. Let us now consider the Possibilities o f ™»L-ir.tr better use of the existing soil conT*M D , S by the introduction of plants capable kin* improved growth during the winIt is w?ll know-n that the grasses and Xd Sffl mls d t of C S Tntwimmera and Italian in v the spring. SPRING GROWTH MUST NOT BE increasing tho growth of winter pastures aa ite desirable, but iMd come, to a •* !? Cre "J"« E.IVE«L then the position sases may bo made ,n food requirement of* 'stock" during this cold weather is dry fo llV- .!.«,« be erown and conserved durAt the present done on the sel to its growth, i-ork is being £owTrT »e»son of our pastures. . * -T^&B-CH.KOH. SOWING ON CROPPED LAND. One vray in ichleh th. jri-tW*}"* types Very often being culth pected to a the lightly ■--• land. to find its ™»y back into pasture, » does develop, nut *" '"J wlu _ roVT mainly *•*« much resuUs r uld ho d ohold stubble suffi ■ mulch in vvhicl subterranean clowa » | H. MATSON and 00., GRAIN BROKERS, j OHRIBTCHURCH. ROTATIONAL GRAZING. V further means by which- grassland ma he encouraged to provide extra winter fee it by »o arranging the grasing of the pac docks that the grass is not continuous "iTrTj »...» !. reeoTer before being grated again, asse tially thia is the principle of the intensi rotational graiing scheme of which so mu has been heard in recent years. Sufficient stock should be put on a paddoc to graze it out evenly in three or four day After that time the paddock is shut up a the stock moved on to the next field. I H. MATSON and CO., i AGENTS FOR f ROYAL INSURANCE CO.. KO CHRISTCHURCH. The complete scheme involves the use large number of very small PjMocki>, 1 w experiments conducted in this Mate i.i"nVeh a carrying capacity, but without t ol the intensive rotational gr< '''T.T.umm.rise. it may be said that t rrowth of -winter feed on pastures may by top-dressing with snperph nnate in earlv autumn, harrowing the pi mrM to distribute the often neglected I «Jt wUble animsl droppings, npplicatic of Tim * to paddocks that show a benefic OI J l ™". 71 JU.j strips, attention to drama; it of suitable winter-growi into the pasture, and by all these details will sei srlally the suppry of « f n «ny case it mnst be mch feed in itself does i ration i°* » *i I F-J* 1 iarV to hand-feed bbe it *HI amounts of «*Jg* f jjy ghould be obtain TSett tottS* tt the%urplus gro. SSSSed ?» the Previous spring. | TROTTtIfG STOC^tItCHURCH.