SANDON FOR SEED.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 438, 22 February 1909, Page 2

SANDON FOR SEED.

:';;:f;r;NEVy-'RYE;GRASS'COUNTRY.;;VKg|,' : ; appears: that' the'Sandon'district, , ; inlftrisV; Manawatu;', is -likely■..i*j-beMme':thfl"pnhjiap'al'.V: rye grass'.atid: crested..dogstail;seed-growing;: area. in: New /Zealand; 7':: This country,: wh'icE -: ;is;bpunded by the Rangitikei Rivef'and'Hal-'J : combe;,on {.■ the:!one : ;side,;.and :by.:>;Oroua-'.ind-' .;R6rigotea on .the; other side,i.hW'been-fpundf: to-possess'a;:smlwhich is.admirably for;;the^growmg: : -and;;creeted' : dogstail, -withs.the-; result; that'» the:industry;;promises' ,tq;-become extremely/profitable'; to!; ,close.: with "a" clayey.;, subsoil, • through'. Vwijiisk;a/small; hea7^seed';Tyith' ; a' 'good';'he : art,- which'. . m'tho.opinipjit oft farmers will ..sow ..fifty'; per?: ;cent.;:mpre;.tp.: the ; bushel {than seed ; grown in .Canterbury '.SThe .Sandon<'serai'--'' ■is, in : fac|!;: : .pf theTsamecharacterias'theHseed formerly growii in Hawke'e Bay^and"'Poverty^'■ 'Bay.'''.■'•■'-■/■.'■:;'-•■ „;.'■ '■i'v : :\'^: i^:: :. :.;Mr.\Thomas,Harrisbn',,a.:well-k^own ; hurst' I !armer, who has had a' ; fully':twen.ty-two V. .•years'i/exponencev..^ lands, 1 informed our.travelling representative^ ;tKat'..h'e :v th6ught'.'- ; 'thatAttere/\was?iit( doubtthat Sandon.: rye :would veryisooii; establish :for itself :;a=New %ala]id>reputationi<yTh€re.' : ■ was rip,- land.ih'the:Dommibn-,better,adapted ■' '.for ; the:;purpose. ; . : iThe ■ seed- was'" small; ■. 'withj;■' fa: big: heart,; and' it -woiild,grow 'half 'as 'thick- :■ againias. almostany'other..sefed..knpwi ; :by;Mr,." ■Harfispn^This;fact was imp^rtant>- : , mer's,; who : ;'naturally 'jinshed - to;; obtain:; fcountry..where.the"rye ivbuld thrive ; ->fpr J praoi:. :tically; all ■; time,'-'and :lfr.;; Harris'on-'hadfnoJ ''.■ ;doubt'•;■the. industry 'wpiild; become-: veryjinvi; ; •porta njs r.in', the yrjlanawatu. ;-i;Qlis/, statement: 1 , has::been,corrpbprated in; L.:.A;.Ab"rahamy!.of -.the .firm "of/Barraudari'd-:':' ; Abraham;, Palmefstpn.;North.vtMr.?Abra-;;; ;]iam.::gam';an;:iristance;of;;a:;upw.growing 4000.-.bushels.::per;season,;vaFued-;' at'spmething/like' £lpQO;;:whereas; fivej'oßsis;:; :years' '.fago -the *;'same- jnan ;grew:>only. 400 ■-} bushels; 7 :.lt;appears.that offSandoa- ■; land ■ rye grass ; • was;'discoyeredo quite;-by.:; ..accident. 1 >;Thfe_farmers used;fonnerly,';t6grow.: rape; with .their? rye ; ;V-buti/by :"■ leavirigl'their: 'fields, in .fbrithe second-season': ■ tHey : 'fouiid;that the.rye-came onagain.splen-:. - d.idly, and;they; : theri.:conimenced .to: sow-'Jthe' : :seecl.;strai'glit lOUt'Vwith;mostiprofitable,-rei;.; stilts; -The. dovelopmeht to thepresent stage . when. betweeh*.so,ooo;and': 60,000 acres -may ;be':;, utilised ;has.;taken: ppss'ibly ; but -; the industry;-is; Dow.on;a\very-firm-footing.,; Samples shown to our •representative disclose : a : remarkably./.-well-machined,,:dressed .'seed.of ■' 'very; heavy weight, .'and ;very.; mubh like' SirV ', William famous Flaxmere'seedß^;^:'. 1