Lucerne And Sub. Clover
In his paper on lucerne growing to the Lincoln College farmers’ conference last week, Mr E. C. Topp, of Waipara, referred to some anxiety which had been expressed in the course of discussions on development of light land in the Te Pirita district in central Canterbury as to whether lucerne would survive the strong competition on land which had subterranean clover in it.
“From our experience the lucerne will eventually win out provided the stand is grazed fairly hard, especially when the clover is beginning to flower, so that as little seed as possible matures to strike in the next autumn. When the clover ripens and dies the lucerne should be nursed along so that it will be in good heart to withstand the next threat of intrusion. After two or three years of grazing on these lines the clover will practically disappear.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30763, 29 May 1965, Page 10
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