Irrigation
Sir,—As a dry-land farmer : I would like to give my views J regarding Mr Lobb’s article [in Thursday’s issue. Had the Hand that has been borderI dyked in the last two drought [years been sown in lucerne and properly managed, the increased production might well be equivalent, with consider- | ably less cost and much simpler management. Every year is
i not a drought year in CanterI bury. One year in seven can I be difficult if ample provision has not been made from the previous years' surplus. It is natural for grasses and certain clovers to have a dormant period in mid-summer, without which a good autumn growth is seldom seen. I think the policy of grading valuable top-soil into ridges after the years it has taken to raise its fertility is something not to take too lightly.—Yours, etc.J LOOK BEOFRE YOU LEAP. , I October 28, 1965.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30896, 1 November 1965, Page 12
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