[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photo. The preparation of a seed-bed for grass. Large areas of New Zealand's 8 million acres of grassland sown after ploughing were established .before supplies of Certified pasture seeds were available, and probably a third of the area, even under regular topdressing, is not capable of maximum production unless the swards are renewed and high-producing strains of perennial ryegrass and white clover introduced. Large areas of class 4 land should be broken up and resown on a fine, firm, moist, and warm seed-bed.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 79, Issue 5, 15 November 1949, Page 432
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87[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photo. The preparation of a seed-bed for grass. Large areas of New Zealand's 8 million acres of grassland sown after ploughing were established .before supplies of Certified pasture seeds were available, and probably a third of the area, even under regular topdressing, is not capable of maximum production unless the swards are renewed and high-producing strains of perennial ryegrass and white clover introduced. Large areas of class 4 land should be broken up and resown on a fine, firm, moist, and warm seed-bed. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 79, Issue 5, 15 November 1949, Page 432
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