NATIVE GRASSES
EXPERIMENTS BY THE GOVERN- , MENT. . , x TOie Minister of Agriculture states that the Government has been taking a keen interest in the question of native, grasses, and is at present experimenting with a goodly number i with a. view to ascertaining their quality and adaptability. The question of regrassing our pastoral country is one of the very first im-
porta ncc; and tho Government is about to .further experiment by enclosing aniii of 25 acres for the pur!K«o of (1) ascertaining tho extent to which nativo grasses will ccme again by protection :~and (2) where this dors not occur tests will bo made of both native and introduced graven.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 6996, 9 December 1909, Page 3
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111NATIVE GRASSES New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 6996, 9 December 1909, Page 3
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