HOW 70 CROW- LUCERNE.
L 'Mr. R. M'Laren, of the Argentine,','who is at, present on a visit to Now Zealand, is of opinion that lucerno may bo grown with profit in many parts of : the Dominion; particularly on river-bed flats. He informed our Wairarapa correspondent the other "day'' that 'he had advised Mr...W. Cooper to_ sow about twenty acres', near "the RuamaliangiT River, and tliis Mr. Cooper has promised to do. Tho i£ed is to be sowniu September or October for tho spring rains, and cattle'may be'put upon'it in Dtccmber, when the height of the crop is about threo inches-. . The Cell)'.should then be shut, up; and but in March, ' after which it should bo stocked. lightly ifnd cut again in November. > Lucerne will last in a field for fully twenty years, aiid it' is admirable for cattle. After two years' fa?r treatment it will support cattle better almost than any other pasture. Tho roots grow from 4 to 20 feet-, ajid Mr.. M'Laren lias seen them- as thick as a'man's-wrist; It is,'not suited for .'rocky or stony, soil.■'.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 155, 25 March 1908, Page 2
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179HOW 70 CROW- LUCERNE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 155, 25 March 1908, Page 2
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