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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21325, 19 November 1934, Page 20

AUCTIONS. H. MATSON AND CO. SAVING SURPLUS GRASS. INSURING AGAINST FEED rpHE saving of surplus pasturage is -*- now a standard practice on many J'arms in New Zealand, particularly on dairy farms. The making of ensilage, and particularly of cutting it in the short stage of growth, and of having hay, are practices which are becoming more appreciated each year; particularly by dairy farmers. The truth that farmers are realising js that grass is the cheapest and most nutritious food for stock, and that the saving of surplus growth secured in the periods of maximum growth for feeding out in periods of pasture scarcity is a most economical means of ensuring high stock-carrying capacity throughout the year. On a large number of farms in New Zealand, nothing other than grass is used for stocklecding. Italian Western Wolths and Perennial Ryegrass can be bought cheap from H. MATSON and CO. ENSILAGE OR HAY? As farmers know, the all too common practice of cutting grass for hay —especially when the herbage is in the seed stage—is very hard on pastures. It means that the pasture is left dry and open in the hottest part of the year and many paddocks get a serious set-back from haymaking, more particularly in the drier parts of New Zealand. Where ensilage is conserved the herbage is cut at an earlier stage, which allows of a better recovery of the grasses and clovers before the driest part of the year. It may be stressed that it is highly desirable to cut ensilage—also hay—in the short stage, say, two or three •weeks before seeding. Short ensilage has a much higher feeding value than long ensilage, and for milking cows is much to be preferred. Further, early cutting allows the pasture a longer period of recovery before the dry yreather sets in. If you require Subterranean Clover, Red Clover, and White Clover at low prices, try H. MATSON and CO. for a quote. EARLIER AND BETTER CROPS, During the past few years a number of farmers have increased their ensilage or hay crops from 50 per cent, by applying a nitrogenous fertiliser as •well as a phosphatic one, to suitable ryegrass pastures at the time of shutting up. Not only was the yield increased, but the nitrogenous fertiliser had the effect of suppressing weeds and bringing on the grass growth several weeks earlier than usual. To get the best results the usual policy is to sow from 2 to 3cwt of Ammoniated Super at the time the paddock is shut up from stock (this is a combination of Sulphate of Ammonia and Superphosphates, but if phosphates have already been applied, Sulphate of Ammonia alone at the rate of lewt per acre can be used. Lucerne is the King of Fodders. MATSONS' Marlborough Lucerne Seed is specially selected, and the price is right. BETTER AFTERMATH. A noticeable feature, too, is that on areas where nitrogen is used there is a marked increase in the aftermath growth, which is valuable inasmuch as it covers the pasture quickly prior to the dry weather, and also, of course, ■ gives increased carrying capacity. Buy your requirements of Super, 44/46, Reverted Phosphate, Sulphate of Ammonia, and Ammoniated Super, from MATSONS. By applying a further dressing of, say, 3cwt Ammoniated Super per acre (Sulphate of Ammonia, liewt per acre, where phosphates are still doing their work) the pasture not only recovers more quickly, but the growth is so prolific as to enable farmers to keep their stock on green feed several weeks later than in the usual course of events. Spent Salt for Californian Thistle at £2 5s per ton, and Agricultural Salt for Haymaking at £5 10s per ton, are available from MATSONS, Cashel street. H. MATSON and CO.