THE HOWARD BEQUEST.
[to the editor.]
Sir,—Reverting to my argument that, you are not going to discover Jioml to iaiin the dry second-class lands of Hawke's*lsay by experimenting in reclaimed swamp at Weraroar, 1 have just had an illuminating experience. Attempts to establish a satisfactory sole of cocksfoot on the plains have usually failed. But, by the merest accident. 1 have scored a complete success and an abject failure in the same paddock, all sown with similar seed, in similar soil, on the same day. Having been saved up the cocksfoot grey to a height of several inches, and the tops being bleached by frost the paddock presents a grey appearance. But in the middle is an acre or two of emerald green which owes its colour to a complete absence of cocksfoot. There is no blending of the colours, the transition is sharp and abrupt. By re ; calling the history of the paddock since 1913, I have arrived at an explanation which will govern my future attempts in the same direction. 1 believe a local school of agriculture could make many such discoveries. I have some reclaimed swamp in the adjoining paddock, but even there you can learn nothing applicable to the paddock in cocksfoot.—l am etc., ROMNEY.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 178, 13 July 1920, Page 2
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