RYE GRASS.
• A Wairarapa merchant, who.was asked his opinion of the statement that as a':result of the drought ryo grass had entirely died out in 6ome portions of the Fernridge (Masterton) district,- stated'that; if that were so it suggested unsuitable . soil or wrong treatment; . The district was not yet so old that rye -grass would disappear so easily. In responso to further questions,- however, the merchant thought that on many leasehold farms, where tho pastures had. been allowed, to becomo exceedingly poor and 6verrun with weeds, the action of the drought and bush fires, in wiping out all tho excrescences, would .be of incalculable benefit. In many instances,, tho drought And tho fire had successfully accomplished a wbrk which might not have been tackled by the farmers for many years to come.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 156, 26 March 1908, Page 2
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132RYE GRASS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 156, 26 March 1908, Page 2
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