ILL-THRIFT PROBLEM
Cropping Not Answer There is quite a body of opinion which bolds that by toltowrag a policy of wheat growing in moderation fertility can be taken down slightly and the country made healthier for stock. This has not. however, proved to be the case on Ladybank, the property of Sir Walter Mulholland and his sons at Darfield. Mr Arthur Mulholland told about 150 visitors to the property this week, who were attending ti>e annual field day of the Christchurch district committee of Young Farmers' Clubs, tha>t they had been told that they would escape ill-thrift because of a consistent cropping pixygramme over the years. “That was proved to be a fallacy, ’’ said Mr Mulholtand “We got it as bad as anybody. My theory is that we got our pastures too clean and that we have over-fertilised.’’
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29336, 15 October 1960, Page 8
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