Surface-sown hill country. Over the major area of surface-sown land pastures have stabilised as danthonia and browntop swards with a carrying capacity of slightly, less than a ewe to the acre. The introduction of clovers and their stimulation by phosphatic topdressing are the first step in raising soil fertility and increasing production.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 89, Issue 4, 15 October 1954, Page 323
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52Surface-sown hill country. Over the major area of surface-sown land pastures have stabilised as danthonia and browntop swards with a carrying capacity of slightly, less than a ewe to the acre. The introduction of clovers and their stimulation by phosphatic topdressing are the first step in raising soil fertility and increasing production. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 89, Issue 4, 15 October 1954, Page 323
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