CATTLE AND PASTURE.
The Meat Board cannot too strongly emphasise the gravity of the disaster, if beef-raising were allowed to lapse as an unprofitable industry. The deterioration of North Island pastures is a problem agitating the minds of all practical men associated with land. It is generally realised that this deterioration can be checked only by stocking the lands with cattle in such a way as to rid the pastures of rough feed during the summer months, and thus give the more palatable and nutritive grasses, suitable for sheep and lambs, a chance to thrive. The problem of deteriorated lands, about which so much is read to-day, is largely due to lack of cattle through beef production being unprofitable. With the increased area of sheep and cattle country that are being liberally top--dressed, the difficulty of keeping pasture lands adequately grazed with cattle is going to be accentuated, and the necessity for a remedy becomes more urgent. —Marlborough Express.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19867, 15 June 1927, Page 7
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159CATTLE AND PASTURE. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19867, 15 June 1927, Page 7
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