TO CORRESPONDENT.

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TO CORRESPONDENT.

( '' • inquirer, : Oamaru.—The heads you are Tiot Hunters, bttfc are velvet chaff. Apparently-the agyfr-ww»

character, entailing a good deal'of use of the plough for turnips and green "feed. He is an adherent of the rotational system ■of ' grazing, and ' with success.- His carrying. capacity- hasvery markedly -increased- in receiit years' as a result oi' the skilful work put into the farm, and he realises the' saving it will jnean in cultivation costs ,it the plant can* ,be ,permanently established on his class of land, which he is very confident can be done. A Seed drop. On thS farm of Mr L. Derrett there is sufficient to be seen to remove the doubts of any Thomas that may happen along. ' At all events, Mr Derrett has no misgivings. "I have been farming for .50 years,"- he- retnarked' to-the writer, "but I have handled no crop, that has pleased me so much as this.?' "This." in Mr Derrett's case, is a crop of subterranean seed he has just, harvested off an eleven month stand. Four pounds of, seed to the acre were sown. .The/stand was lightly grazed last season. Six days after mowing the crop was gathered and stacked. Tho area w£s only acres, but twplve iull loads were taken off' it. The clover is positively loaded with seed->pods, andj comparing the appearance t with any other legume, it would be safe to say -that up to 6001b to the- acre* might bV shelled from the crop; A" . speciallyadapted machine is required to save all , the seed, and in,its absence, a.good deal , was -left on the ground,' Obviously, therefore, subterranean is not a shy J sMdeji r This, is % bft Msoned j