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Greymouth Evening Star, 27 February 1937, Page 14

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fc-wr- * 'V; .» y» IMi O wi Mte SaM I fcr h. ..mI I 1 FAT LAMBS Th© Fa’isicipal Money Earner UndouMedly the most pfofitable branch of agriculture today is the raising of fat lambs, and the most these are the fat iambs that come straight off the mother. And how are the biggest and best returns secured with fat lambs? Som ® I ”'ihcre may be a certain amount of truth in this. What farming practice is being followed by farmers who win the prizes rm-tfinlv ton-dressing on the whole is more extensively practised in provinces outside of for best ZL at the Freezing Works ? Investigate and you will in- ? a ‘„terbury“ P tlmugh there are a number of Canterbury farms where the regular top-dress-variably find that the best and most profitable returns are secured and ing of pastures is proving exceptionally pi oiltable. rainfat I COMthe prizes are won by farmers who make a regular practice of annually Here is an example, front second ; class country m b h °"^^| s 7™ of A 34 o aC r es is annually top-dressing pastures with adequate applications of Superphosphate. PARABLE lime of Super, and the following figures were pubCatch crops play a part in the fat lamb industry, but the best results nshed “Southland Times” of Saturday, February 6th, and app!y to "“J* are invarfabl’y Obtained where the health of foe ewe foroughout foe in each ojs. Ou. cannot Im sS-S whole gestation period has been maintained by grazing on pastures ol year by year as the lull benefits oi icgulai 101 dies g 1 good grasses and clovers that are rich in a phosphatic mineral content. For the year 1932 First draft milk lam s Phosphates are essential both to the growing lamb and to the milk on » o » » which it lives after birth. Furthermore, by developing pastures by top- 1g35 » ” ” 960 dressing, by producing later autumn and earlier spring growth ct 3 g ’’ jggj pastures, the necessity for supplementary feed is reduced and catch J 937 1127 crops can be used for other stock feeding purposes with a corresponding increased and the lambs this year averaged 37.891 b, saving of money. It is the fat lambs straight off the mother tha pay withYtota/absence of seconds. What is possible in Southland can also be done in Canterbury, the most handsome profit. VVl “* “ Top-Dress yowr pastures with Soper .... not only this Autumn, but every Autumn . . . and year by year your B®rm will become more and more payable.