PASPALUM.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 432, 15 February 1909, Page 5

PASPALUM.

'.';.■■.'';:; '.■ AboutJtwp.iyears' ago. , . (writeß;; one::of; our iY,:^ti^v&linjjVc«rres^^ .V'-V; ?':■;■[ farmer in . the and in •■■.;-:.;;■ the''oourse of .■ .conversation; he ■ asked;.me , , if ■;.j(,::;I: had;seen:• Paspalunijigrara; V \ l. -Tep lied,"tti at' r.:','.; "■ rMarima;Sin -■ the' Pahiatuii/.district,'.Wit .that' :■%,■/ W/it-had made'.na : grpw.th ij ; i ifchad been planted: ']:? ■ 'when were /received from s /;;- ; >/Auckland.;/!;considered"the'climate ;was .top 'A*;;rj '-.cold.'.S'. , 'Well;" J: said : my:•" f riendy-, : "come " and. ..:..■'.;; look at ; mine." ; / The/seed' had ■ been-sown on ;?; ; v^''-.:B:Tici;ri7er^d--flat.neari'tHe' : Manawatii'.:.- As : we/were/ talking/across I :the:'paddock I said. "!'Why," : said! ~;";■:•■, he, r'.'yqu'reVnow; standing' ori/it.'.'^Tlooked. V.,,.;/::;dbWri/.^ ; .; r y' ! eaten /down' ial-; ■-. ,:.,;:nrost into- the. heart,' and: my host said that :..: vfvvifibt'taken; sheep 'would-eat:it-clean ':,■; "/. iputi':; they -were; so": fond'of-'it.:; -W- ' : -'\> ;; Z ;;:■. other;'day I"inquired'agafti;how. the. :. Pas'palm;': was vdping,; v and ■• I-. .was: ■/.- again , ',r':',-/;-';.^own^e'''paddo'^V:^iV l is^nbw : '-'cariying. ,, an :.)■ ■■> estimated"6o-bushercrop: of barley;,with op-! ■•■■.;.-. .; 'casionally; a: head'-pf: Paspalum ■;.in: flower! :. 1 : >~ !■;■ ■was* toldnthat; it wojild ; never.d6;tb"intrbducb: :,-.;•■.;■'■paispalnm)Vinto;-tho;'rich"(arable;- lands 'iofi ■'■■-' ■■■*'•-' filanawatu,'. as':-.it.;.wbuld-'' ; take' : : complete,:pos- :.,. and.'though it: gave.: "an' ! '.'.'unmense'! ' -v \-A'ampuntsbf.'feed,- 1 stil]&:on.\'-iccouht: of /its-:''i-x\: strong : :jrbot«', : ': it, r .would;:be>a:'most ; difficult, ■; : ;.'■., /matter!tp: j p]pugh;.'.the land wheneyer..it.would: !,.■:'::: be for; cropping:: ;My ; : friend : i said : 'ho' v : would "certainly; Varn^fariners',nbt•:"to put <[:. ■ ; .up6n: a^ )£-'-.. ; -';;f : ter^ar4s v: :rea^iired7fpr" v ;crbpping;::; : It was! so strbng'.;ih:-tne r .root."tbat' a: four-horse: team , ■; ;■. ~ ■;;; ma; double • plough -could;: with:, difficulty. ■ get :..-:. /);.:[throng^j-it:-.v.-'-:N ; -i;-;;.;^_v.-j/';i/ ; ;V' :^- : -,-- ■■:.,:■....*:'■;