N.Z. GRASSLANDS.
AN IMPORTANT REPORT
(BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.; WELLINGTON, May 16. In a report to the Research Council on New Zealand grass lands, Dr. L. Cockayne and Mr. Levy state that 94.2 per cent, of our total exports depend on our pastures. The report deals with the nutriment content of pastures from four aspects: (1) The highest potential food value mixture it its possible to secure on each soil type; in connection with this they are inclined' to the opinion that the pastures in which -perennial ryegrass and White clover are dominant are the highest in any food value, particularly for milk production. (2) Determining the optimum milk producing life .stages of the herbage of the component species of pasture in each definite association. (3) The determination within each grass -land species of the -alterations in content that occur as the result of topdressing with artificial manures and with liming. (4) The determination on certain soil types of the mineral deficiencies that result -in definite stock malnutrition.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 17 May 1927, Page 5
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