An cxamplo of tho value of young gorse as lV.ddor for sheep is cited-'by Mr. ,'E.. Soott, of Havolock. - Mr.. Scott has recently cleared a paddock of eight aores, part of which comprised an old orchard, and tho wholo.was very densely covered with gorse. He had; a good' biirii, and after the voitng grass and gorso shoots began to show' forty slieop wero put into tlio paddock. ' N6llO of tlio sheop weighed over , 351b. when turned in, but after remaining thero during tho whole' of tho 'severe drought, feetlins; 011 nothing but gorso and inoth-infccted apples, thero is - hardly pno of tho animals , that dooa not tip the-beam at 601b,-to 651b. "
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 167, 8 April 1908, Page 4
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111Untitled Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 167, 8 April 1908, Page 4
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