Ryegrass on Swamp
PEIiTIITED perennial rye and eertitied white clover have been estab lished successively by surface cultivation on rough country, swamp land, on the farm of Air. P. Hill, Dargavillo, writes the instructor in agriculture at Whungarei. The areas dealt with in the past three years include about 2.1 acres of old paspalum pasture ou rough, hummocky swamp land, now well drained. A paddock of from six to eight acres was taken in hand at a time. The lumps and hillock's wore cut open with a double cut of the discs in September and October, and broke quite well in the summer. The discs were again used in late February and Alarek to further cultivate the surface, and'with a stroke or two of the harrows a good seed bed was acquired much earlier than was possible when the cultivation was left until the autumn. Ten pounds of certified perennial rye and from lib to 21b of white clover sown at the end of Alarch with the top-dressing has given a good strike, and the sward in each paddock is now showing a. good proportion of rye and white clover, while the mower can be used quite easily.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18499, 11 September 1934, Page 10
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198Ryegrass on Swamp Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18499, 11 September 1934, Page 10
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