Heavy Hay Crops

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17947, 26 November 1932, Page 14

Heavy Hay Crops

LIAY and ensilage crops in the Gisborne district this season are heavy. The growth up till now was exceptional on the flats, and the result was that tho yield was heavier than for some time, especially on the topdressed areas.

The cutting of paddocks for hay and ensilage was general throughout the district during the week. On Wednesday, when a change in the weather threatened, tho work of harvesting was speeded up, and it is feared that a quantity of hay may have been stacked before it was properly matured. However, the farmers did not have much choice, for the quality would have deteriorated if the hay had been left exposed to rain for any length of time.

i Prior to the middle of this week conditions were ideal for haymaking, and some splendid samples were the result.

I Ensilage-making operations are in full swing in the Waikato, states the Waikato Times, and most farmers have their stacks well advanced. Harvesting has commenced in some parts of tho district, and within the j next few weeks most of the farming community will be busily engaged in ; this seasonal work. The country is i looking well and farmers are assured lof a prolific growth of grass. Practically every farmer used all of his surplus hay and ensilage during the winter, so that dairymen will save every acre of grass this year.