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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 60, Issue 4231, 15 January 1940, Page 4

A Shannon (lower Manawatu) farmer, on rich country, has come to view timothy as a very desirable grass for hay purposes. His point is that rye “goes off” about 10 days ■before clovers are ready for cutting; d bad case of mistiming. Timothy, on the other hand, comes, to . readiness at precisely the same time as the clovers. A keen student of farming problems, the farmer declares lie had noted the high value placed on timothv in North America and had wopdered at. this; now he knows why. Consideration is being- given to laying down hay paddocks in temporary pastures, which will be used rotationally for cropping purposes; on a four-year rotation, two in crops aind two in pasture. The idea is to include a good seeding of timothy and reduce proportionately the Italian rye, in the normal Italian—Red Clover mixlture. I would look forward to seeing hay cut from such a pasture.