A remarkable strike of white clover has been obtained on a piece of very light land behind the Eyrewell State forest The land is shingle and clay, and about seven or eight years ago the manuka scrub that covered it was burnt out. Today the scrub is coming back again among the blackened and grey trunks of the burnt scrub. The owners of the property, Mr W. L. Parkinson and Mr S. C. Stokes, described the area to the writer as “one of the poorest pieces of land that you could get.” A year to 18 months ago, a strip was sown from the air with a small quantity of white clover and one hundred-weight of superphosphate and four ounces of sodium molybdate to the acre. Now a good mat of white clover has spread over the strip of land in sharp contrast to the surrounding country. Messrs Parkinson and Stokes are particularly impressed with the “wonderfully strong and healthy growth” of the clover. The untreated area of scrub is shown in the upper picture and the illustration below is of the clover growth on the topdressed trial strip which is three-quarters of a mile long and about 10 yards wide.

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 26971, 21 February 1953, Page 5

A remarkable strike of white clover has been obtained on a piece of very light land behind the Eyrewell State forest The land is shingle and clay, and about seven or eight years ago the manuka scrub that covered it was burnt out. Today the scrub is coming back again among the blackened and grey trunks of the burnt scrub. The owners of the property, Mr W. L. Parkinson and Mr S. C. Stokes, described the area to the writer as “one of the poorest pieces of land that you could get.” A year to 18 months ago, a strip was sown from the air with a small quantity of white clover and one hundred-weight of superphosphate and four ounces of sodium molybdate to the acre. Now a good mat of white clover has spread over the strip of land in sharp contrast to the surrounding country. Messrs Parkinson and Stokes are particularly impressed with the “wonderfully strong and healthy growth” of the clover. The untreated area of scrub is shown in the upper picture and the illustration below is of the clover growth on the topdressed trial strip which is three-quarters of a mile long and about 10 yards wide.