SMALL SEEDS
THE REDUCED SUPPLY The preliminary agricultural statistics, issued the other day, show a big reduction in the crop of small seeds in the season just concluded compared with last year. Perennial ryegrass has declined by more than hall, and Italian ryegrass and cocksfoot by more than two-thirds. The small crops have naturally caused a strong advance in the market, and this, again, has restricted purchases. It is yet too early to predict whether next season's crop will be light or heavy, but appearances so far point to conditions being favourable for the latter. There has been plenty of rain and feed is likely to come away well in the spring, which should enable an increased acreage to be closed up for seed. The area of perennnial ryegrass harvested in the Dominion in 1933 was 68,992 acres yielding 26,242,7341b of seed, compared with 1934, 38,989 acres, producing 12,660,5791b of seed. The area of Italian ryegrass harvested in 1933 was 17,932 acres, producing 9,696,7431b of seed, and in 1934 6941 acres and 2,503,0121b of seed. The area of cocksfoot harvested for seed in 1933 was 11,293 acres, producing 2,335,4971b of seed, compared with, in 1934, 9496 acres, producing 724,6841b. A remarkable Ayrshire record has been put up by a Victoria-owned cow, now in her twenty-second year, which produced 542.061b butter fat and 13,312i1b milk in 273 days.
SMALL SEEDS
Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21243, 15 August 1934, Page 16
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