HIGH PRODUCTION
1 —oGOOD OTAGO FARMING INCREASE IN CAPACITY An interesting experience in in greased carrying capacity wine interest farmers generally J of Mr Jolin Hunt, of Maung: wera , Otago, which speaks lor itsel His 85G-acrc property, of whic 600 acres is flat or nearly so, is sow down in excellent pasture, the ba ance comprising tussocky hills ar land in cultivation. It carried, th season 2250 breeding ewes with cent lambs and 1400 dry sheei besides producing a large quantii of ryegrass seed and large quantiti of lucerne hay. On taking over tl property in 1929, 900 ewes were es Tied, but at that time slightly mo i-land was under the plough. ii Hunt, during the time he has bo< in possession, has effected great n vances. most of it being due to t . sowing of certified ryegrass and wh. clover along with adequate top.dn season the average weight r fleece was 9.921b per head and it t> interesting to record that during t last four years the wool elm has . nuallv increased from 56 bales to i then to 73, and finally to 102.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 4, 28 April 1939, Page 7
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186HIGH PRODUCTION Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 4, 28 April 1939, Page 7
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