POVERTY BAY RYE GRASS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18163, 10 August 1933, Page 2

POVERTY BAY RYE GRASS

BIG DRESSING LOSSES

THE SEASON’S STATISTICS

AVERAGE OF 8.6 BUSHELS

1 . On the average, 8.0 bushels ol machine dressed rye grass seed came 1 rom each aero harvested under the certification scheme in Poverty Bay last season. This figure is disclosed in the season’s statistics compiled bv the instructor in agriculture, Mr. M. A. Black. A total of 316 areas were threshed with a total acreage of 37691, comprising 7151 acres of first harvest seed, 3.11 acres of permanent pasture, .1261 acres of Y seed and J 422 acres of mother seed. Thirteen areas were stacked, but not threshed. ; A total of 55,781 bushels were sealed in the paddock, the average per aci’o being 15 bushels. The iollo'u - ing table shows the figures dealing with paddock sealing, the letters used being W for first harvest., X for permanent pasture, Y for permanent pasture that is eligible for reclassification as mother seed, and Z tor mother

. A the date of making the report, August S, first harvest seed was quoted at 5s to 5s 0d per bushel, por--1 inanent pasture at 6s -to is, a»d mother seed at 8s to 9s. In regard |to machine dressed uncertified seed, there was no sale Outside the district, and it was quoted at about 4s bd a bushel Tetail. , A Further statistics in regard to the certification scheme were:— Number of farms entered, 146; but not haivested, 8; number of aims entered, 350: brit not harvested. 21;, acreage ■entered, 3828; bnt not- harvested,

A NEW SKfoW CLASS

SELECTION AT RANDOM A new class added by the E°vcrty Bay A. and P. Association to its Miow schedule for next month reads:- ‘ ‘Poverty Bay perennial rye grass lOlbs. certified ‘Mother’ seed to be drawn, bv a steward of the association, from a commercial line of not less than five sicks; the sample to bo sealed and held till Show time; official purity and termination certificate to accompany exhibit: entry to U in grower's name. Messrs. Wr and (Company donate a: silver AfhA'be wort three luges, for tie'best exhibit of' Poverty Bay P er ™; ntial rye grass certified ‘Mother seed. The cup |s now on view m \Nj. Good ;tnd Company’s, window.

seed:~ Bushels Yield Sacks Bushels per sack per acre W 2289 12,750 5.57 17.8 X 684 3,707 5.42 11.9 Y- 3082-J 19,851 0.44 lil.7 Z 3019 19,473 0.45 13.7 9074| 55,781 0:17 , 15.0 Machine dressing figures are shown as under: — Inward Outward p.C. Yield p.n. Bushels Bushels Loss Bushels \\r 9,299 6236 32.9 12.0 X 2088 1203 42.9 0.8 Y 14,549 7982 45.1 4.1 Z 15.418 8208 4018 7.o . 41,353 23,629 42.9 8.0