HIGH PRICED GRASS SEED.
It was thought last autumn would see the high-water mark of grass-seed value, but there is every indication (says the Journal of the Department of Agriculture) that there will yet be a considerable increase in price for the majority of grass and clover seeds. From' reports to hand it appears that the European and American grass-seed harvests have been below the average, while the demand has been of an expanding nature. • It is probabla that an extension of spring sowing will ■take place this year in the South Island, partly by reason of the ravages of the grass-grub. Some idea of the present shortage may be gained from the fact that the best lines of wihite clover are at present worth £l5O a ton wholesale in New Zealand. In_the United States timothy seed has been selling at over 100 per cent, above its normal price. The present shortage of New Zealand cocksfoot will somewhat, be made up by the reslhiprhent to New Zealand of lines exported to Britain 'from the Dominion two seasons ago.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3002, 27 September 1911, Page 21
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178HIGH PRICED GRASS SEED. Otago Witness, Issue 3002, 27 September 1911, Page 21
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