GRASS- AND CLOVER-SEEDS HARVEST, SEASON 1924-25.

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XXX, Issue 5, 20 May 1925, Page 356

GRASS- AND CLOVER-SEEDS HARVEST, SEASON 1924-25.

The following brief survey of this season’s harvest in New Zealand of the principal grass and clover seeds grown is supplied by Mr. N. R. Foy, the Department’s Seed Analyst: — Rye-grasses. Perennial : A good crop of heavy-weight seed was harvested in Southland; in Canterbury the crop was poor; in the Sandon district the yield was good and the seed nice in appearance, but the germination poor; Hawke’s Bay and Poverty Bay had an average yield of good-quality seed. Western Wolths and Italian : Good crops of excellent-quality seed. Cocksfoot. — Akaroa : Short crop of very light seed. Plains: Good average yield of quality seed. Crested Dogstail. — Small crop of good-quality seed. Danthonia: Yield good, and seed particularly good, especially that from Canterbury. Chew Ings Fescue. Fairly short crop of average quality. Brown-top. — Good crop of nice-quality seed in the North. Apparently very little was harvested in Southland. Cow-grass.— yield of average quality in Marlborough. In Canterbury the crop was poor generally, although the seed is of good quality. White Clover. Medium yield in Marlborough, and a poor harvest in Canterbury. Supplies will probably be a little short this year.