COCKSFOOT CULTURE
ESTABLISHMENT IN PASTURES. The establishment of cocksfoot in pasture mixtures on areas of medium to low rainfall has always been a difficult problem. Cases have been observed where a mixture of 251 b of ryegrass, 10'b of cocksfoot, 21b of white clover, and 21b of crested dogtail have been sown, and it has been found that the cocksfoot takes from two to three years to become firmly established. In actual practice the cocksfoot sown at this rate per acre is invariably thin, and when the ryegrass begins to run out there is not sufficient cocksfoot plants left in the sward to warrant leaving the area in pasture. One method of overcoming this difficulty has Ibeen to recommend an increased amount of cocksfoot, namely 201 b per acre. With the increased amount the cocksfoot makes quite a reasonable sward along with clover and ryegrass, but even with increased quantity of seed the plants still take from two to three years to become established.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 13890, 24 June 1938, Page 7
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