A VALUABLE LUCERNE
SEED FROM SIBERIA. A small quantity of seed of the frifctSiberian lucerne (Medicagy fa'.rata), collected by Profosror Hansen in Siberia, has Leon received liv the Agricultural. Department from ihV United Stales Department of Agriculture. This lucerne, which grows naturally 'in' localities of very limited rainf.-ill," and' where the winter temperature falls as low' as'.TO degrees below zero, will probably prove of value in the cold and arid ■ region of Central Otago. II: is proposed to grow this plant in the experiment, farms until » sufficient amwnit of seed is available for demonstration work.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1296, 27 November 1911, Page 8
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95A VALUABLE LUCERNE Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1296, 27 November 1911, Page 8
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