LESS RAPE SOWN
The area sown in rape was declining, Mr T. P. Palmer, a plant breeder at the Crop Research Division, told farmers attending a field day held by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research at Lincoln this week.
He said this could be attributed to demand for lighter weight lambs, with a lesser need for fattening feeds, and also the use of lucerne. The area sown to the crop in Canterbury was now about 55,000 acres, a reduction of 20,000 acres in the last 10 years.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31856, 7 December 1968, Page 9
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