PASPALUM DILATATUM.

Feilding Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 27, 23 July 1904, Page 2

PASPALUM DILATATUM.

As this valuable fodder grass has recently been referred to in the press the following remarks by a Eichmond Eiver New South Wales dairy farmer will be of interest to dairymen and graziers in this district. " I have found Paspalum a most valuable addition to my pastures when sown with other suitable grasses. Grows vigorously during the heat of the summer when other grasses burn up. It is succulent in every part from the stem to the seed head. It makes excellent hay, and yields enormous crops. It stands any amount of grazing. Stock will eat every part of the plant. Sheep and all fodder animals are fond of it. It keeps cows in such condition as to enable them to give a high standard quality of milk. I consider it the best grass for dairy farmers to rely upon for permanent pastures. It will spread rapidly if allowed to seed. Frosts will not injure it. It is deep rooted, and has great drought resisting quality. I find that when sown with other grasses the pasture will carry a beast to the acre all the year round, and during part of the year I have carried three cows to the acre." Messrs Barraud and Abraham (Limited) have been able to secure a limited quantity .of prune Paspalum seed, and we can confidently recommend farmers to give it a trial.