A VALUABLE LUCERNE.
A small quantity of seed of . the frost- and drought-resistant Siberian lucerne (Medicago falcata), collected by Professor Hansen in Siberia-, has been received by the Department from the United States Department of Agriculture. This lucerne, which grows naturally in localities of very limited rainfall and where the winter temperature falls as low as 30 degrees below zero, will probably prove of value in the cold and arid region of Central Otago. It is proposed, to grow this- plant- in. the experiment farms until a sufficient amount of seed is available for demonstration work; r .
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 3, Issue 5, 15 November 1911, Page 387
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97A VALUABLE LUCERNE. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 3, Issue 5, 15 November 1911, Page 387
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