PASTURES IN FLAX PLANTATIONS Experiments at the Moutoa flax plantations near Shannon have demonstrated that, with proper cultivation, flax can yield up to 60 tons an acre, the usual figure being 35-40 tons. Even this compares remarkably well with the output from natural, uncultivated stands, which varies from 10 to 15 tons. Haulage gear and handling facilities have been mechanised successfully at Moutoa, and machines are being developed for flax cutting. At present it is possible for one man to harvest up to 60 acres a day, and with the aid of mechanical harvesters this might be increased to 80. These discoveries have made many formerly useless swamp lands an economic proposition. Part of the change has been achieved through the use of stock. Sheep have been grazed, almost to the maximum carrying capacity, on the pasture between flax plants.—Straight Furrow.
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Te Ao Hou, Summer 1953, Page 58
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