INCREASED PASTURAGE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17173, 1 February 1930, Page 11

INCREASED PASTURAGE

a LARGER WOOL CLIP THE SEASON AT TE WERA An increased grazing area and a greater wool clip ate me chiei eatures ot tile season at Te Went estate . li» clip totalled 222 bales, against 1/4 bales lust season. H»o ewes provided a heavier return than was the case last season, but the clip from the dry sheep, which were shorn early, was _ not quite so heavy. The main lector m the mIcrease m the wool production was tno anility to graze more sheep on the property, the ltock having been added to by ' xSCO sheep this season, when 11,500 were put through the shed, ihe dry sheep provided 124 bales of wool, which have already been disposed 01. while 98 bales from the ewes have yet to be sold. ' Progress is being made each season in adding to the area in grass, from AM to 500 acres being added last year as a result of last summer's burn, while 200 acres of bush and 200 acres !ot second growth is jiow i’eady to burn. A total of about 6800 acres is I now in. pasture, but there still remains !an ' area ‘of more - than 20C0 acies ol standing bush to deal with. Last sea.v,n the estate wintered 9500 sheep and 1000 .'head of -eut'tle. The stock is now looking particularly well, and 2800 fat four-tooth wethers are ready , for the freezing works.. (food results have.been obtained from the 500 acres top-dressed. Further fertilisation, was done last .year, when 30 tons of superphosphate was pnt on m the autumn" and 'spiring and 10 tons of basic super applied in the spring, at the rate of about 3cwt. to the acre. A luscious growth lias been provided as a result of this work, hut in the flush months great care has to be taken if tho feed is to be kept in cheek.