CAPE BARLEY.
Our Rangiora correspondent says On F iday 1 was shown hy Mr J. Anderson a remarkably fine crop of Cape barley grown by him f r greets fodder, iu a field about a quarte- of a mile from the centra of the town. The peed was sown on May 13 or 14, but. owini! to the heavy rain which B«mi on about lint time, the ground was net properly finished off However the crop thrived rem h ’’y well, and since the end of August Mr Anderson has been able to regulary supply his horses with green food from it. The portion now standing is from 3ft 81n to 4ft In height, and just burst! g lutoear. Mr Anderson Informed me that four successive crops o F this ce eal can be grown within the year, and, in pro: f of it* fast growth, punted out some 4in in height which was s ;wn on y eight or nine days ago. Hs characterised tha crop as a firstclass one for winter and spring fodder, the cattle enjoying it immensely. Many a farmer In the northern district would have been much better off in stock just now had he possessed a few acres of green crop at the end of winter, and no doubt not a few will torn their attention in this direction next year. Lyttelton Times.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1397, 3 November 1886, Page 3
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229CAPE BARLEY. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1397, 3 November 1886, Page 3
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