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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIV, 28 June 1926, Page 8

Kikuyu Grass WILL SAVE OUR STOCK & MAKE BARREN LAND' FERTILE. Our Seedless Kikuyu Grass is splendid for fattening Cattle. Will stand any drought or heat. Does well on poor or good soil. Sheep thrive on it. For reclaiming sand -dunes or drought-stricken country it is ideal, and worth more than its weight in gold. Planted 6ft apart it soon covers the space between, conserves the moisture, and binds the ground. No seed for birds to carry. This Grass is quite as good for milk or fattening purposes as Lucerne. Mr Edward McGrath, Ocean View, Pambula: “The roots were planted in August, 1920, on rich black soil; the grass made good growth, and in February, 1921, the plants had spread 8 feet from the centre ahd were 3 feet 7 inches high. A few roots were planted in poor soil, and made fairly good growth, the plants being sft 4in. in length from the centre, and about Ift Bin. high. This is the best grass I have ever seen, and the hot, dry weather never affected it.” Kikuyu Grass is a perennial, and spreads' rapidly over the ground by-means of running stems or stolons, The grass grows very rapidly, and the stolons send out roots from every node or joint, thus Anchoring the plant firmly in the ground, and forming a dense turf, which will stand the tramping of heavy stock well. This turf-forming habit is on* of the most important factors when selecting grasses for permanent pasture. Tussocky grasses do not cover the ground well, leaving bare patches. If not allowed to seed periodically, tussocky grasses become tramped and eaten out more rapidly than turf formers. In one of the coldest portions of the State the grass was cut back by frost; but it lived through the winter and came away well the following spring. As regards drought resistance, the Department of Agriculture in South Africa states that ‘Tor drought resistance kikuyu grass is great, and has no rival. When the surrounding veldt is dry and withered, the kikuyu remains green, giving one the impression of an irrigated field of forage All kinds of stock are extremely fond of it. A limited number of plants for present planting. PLANT NOW. 100 Plants, 20s, post free; 500 £3; 1000, £5 10s, F. 0.8., THE MOST PROFITABLE ORCHARDS IN AUSTRALIA ARE STOCKED WITH THESE SPECIAL niSEASE-RESISTING TREES

Grown and established in a climate exactly similar to yours, these hardy strains of the most Productive and Popular Fruit need no acclimatising. A FEW OF OUR TREES WE SPECIALLY RECOMMEND. APPLES — Improved Granny Smith, New York Pippin, Five Crown Pippin, Irisn Peach, Jonathan, Rome Beauty, Stunner, Norfolk Beauty, Lord Wolseley— 6 for 9s post free, 12 for 16s post free, 100 for £5 1 0s steamer free. APRICOTS—AIIen’s Early, Camden, Superb, Colorado, Early Moorpark Moorpark, Japanese, Pennant Hill Oval, Riverside, Wenatchee, Moorpark 6 for 9s post free, 12 for 16s post free, 100 for £5 10s steamer free. PEACHES— Carman, Robert Stewart Riverside Alberta, Shanghai, Shang hai—Seedling and Slipstone, Strawberry Newington, Wonderful, Yellow Italian— 6 for 9s post free, 12 for 16s post free, 100 for £5 10s steamer free JAPANESE PLUMS.—BIood Satsuma, Burbank, Climax, Kelsey, October, Purple, Shiro, Sultan, Wickson—6 for 9s post free, 12 for 16s post free, 100 for £5 10s steamer free. PERSIMMONS—Dia Dia Maru, Seedless, Hayakume, Haycheya—6 for 16s post free, 12 for 27s 6d post free, 100 for £8 1 0s steamer free. MULBERRIES.—BIack English, Downing’s, Hick’s Everbearing—6 for 16s post free, 12 for 27s 6d post free, 100 for £8 10s steamer free. SPECIAL QUOTATIONS FOR LARGER QUANTITIES. All Kinds of Gum and Wattle Trees In Stock. Obtainable only from BENTONS Sydney or Melbourne. Quotations for larger quantities on application. • ALL KINDS OF GRASS AND FODDER PLANTS IN STOCK, Please Address Letters, Box 2489. G.P.0., Sydney.

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