THE LAND OF GRASS SEED.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 711, 10 January 1910, Page 8

THE LAND OF GRASS SEED.

:pur ;-.' travelling':.' corteft{p! NSpondent j ;:I'::had '/■ the'Jgopd '•' fortune'. ■'■■■: to" ! 'tlrrongli ■ Sahdbm district,'; world '■';- of te :^ss; of: its pV3*jiycgrnss seed/-,.Mr. .who has"thb;■ care, of .the - seed' department '.-oi "I that v.twoll-knbwh •/■ firm,' frU^'>Me^o';BarrtuU'.«tod';4hrdiam;V'EtdV.:'oftej^ored■ mo";;a;:seat;-in 'his .'car::as ; ho.; was j£3f*Cbihg : 'round, tb.,the'various..'famers:to,in-; fkS- spect';their'' growing/' crops- of 'dogstail; his R4'#S:tnnn';haTing.sbmo time back:made:forwai'd; bfcasWontra'cts'., with/ the: bulk-: of' the ."growers' 6utpu;t..'.;l;,was 'glad 'to ;'accopt-' j.-i'.>4''.;lhe(opportunity, ..as'for- some :littlo'„tinie .': through l £t;.yi' : .y ; .±his;-;district; : i;-I- found- in l :.the ■•■ -car : ; "as £$£:" fellpw 6 ; .;S;;S>":;«1^ I'St*lather ';-.'. apt. .'sphbriqnet v "Tho,::-3?armers; K4^^.-^!W^vandf;'jirho' : fe'SfeSdea^cf: seeing "iar',:hhsself;if : -the. crops. te;*';l6hdw<it:'sighs: 1 of 'ahy^foreigri:,seeds ..not ifonnd^in'::'thisVdistrict, ■- which special B^SfiiJfrpvisioh. -;s/i?F-\&t J i'i-'i":; :-tv':;'■.^'■"-"■.^VvJ'iWj' t|^.tAii;;Weil^ ?sfe ;jiritd.';s:the vKairanga' K&s&jlistrit!l:,Kahd. our; first"; hilt -was made',at 'seeds' 'especially ISgfettor/Barraud/arid; Abrahaih'' for'. years,yHe : EiSSiilwi's '-.going; oat,*--at;Mr;-- Abraham's Teeniest;' Wfj 'expert.lines stoy.eitim,atb.'the';gu'iiitity: tbo'.varibus' crops" woiild, yield.'V.Mr.', K~j:.(graham K3ofito .secure, the output'.of ;the : ,crested ; degs-. p-j?fi .Hail :.grbwers';.this,': year,;; chiefly:, to.'. get' the : KSPjlseedfof :the : district/ion'tho; market 'right' feSSfthrpugbout. the;"Do'mißibn..' :He,hbped;:tb its '.value':' Ko'wuV-and:, show.;., many firms :whb.:h'a'd:;befin largß:importersthat,\ {ggi-gas.i'long^ t'Q'r'^iiHid:;iw^'fmarkD^d:-vat> : jJr/fe- * n .? r ?j'! :l " r . a _s yvi){: hecessiry'i;;tb'.>im'pbrt.'-i'la oi;v:t^'tKsiybeing.-'cohteht'■'to;.gaih'.r his''object' ft:;?.'?)' ported .:''ho':'haa .-been'.;,'mbsti'successful.Jso; tHat' ':he> was V nowjf tiiiiious:;toV Cl>Ssi;)Bee.'.that:the pelds,'wyuld; : beVadequate';to fc?*"ssV;'hef sales;: .-'lff..■Harrison pffiSi? having :i reported-'his.:bwh-'Crop;-T(l.ibelioTß' the/rich /country ::of /: the''>l£ai-. feJpSlaßdsf yAt '• th'b.tpp/of, ; Mount ■' Stewart: to: M'.fS; (the/left,;; the ;first-,crop, : (pne/o.f.so; : acres)-;SiV>vr'as'-inspected;'' and, this'^wai'rather': a/dis?. js; sKV fone;:J:Owihg;to; 'thb.l.wet; 'early.-' 'fcsi tepring,' /a ?largo'.,guantity:of' wator'weed' :,Sj:f: had 7 ; gTowi-/profusely,::and.Mr.'yHarrisoh. il%j~~ pointed: out 'this /always/had: a bad-effect' f&v'i bn/the'-:dogstatt: ; yield. i//://^//^/l:';"/:/'. ;! quantity -. of, ?ojii, ;-)butXli'v'ery>sobnV'disc'bvefed',- that-this-'is ; v?M'-'l?'''^^.'natealigrow^h::;ih'thV ; Sahdon.;'distri'ct,l |:J;|c Htoipariy :yisuediV liiJfact; at;'is:all;; ovbr■ ISvSSjSandoh;■■': -Mr;"?-Pafincrciniormed ;,meithat percentage: :of,'r-'.tho' of.;-the! hiiXv.! jfrom ■ Sandon.-' cohsistod; of: -Buckling', clover,. . fJfSKarihers ; ; fqr'ithe':cost ijibf Shaving v-:their; sS^ffen 0 ?" inachiiies ||SH>fheni;-ithe- snckliiig""cloyervcould'not : : 'bo '0$ Siseparated'froui.'the,'sorrel 'and.-othef.'.'im-. in-, the ;soed under:treatment,' but 'Palmer's:'skilled 'hands:it,becomes, asset'f.tb vthe.i'cb st.;' of; ;thß' ; .cldaningi; SjSij'/Our',:next;:Stop'was>at'i'itr.- '■; Carl i ' :w<i; : found;:a:>6ry! \ pSSnihch; .better: '-:cioq ':of •: dogstail;' J ;"but < ':stiU' ! cS^'i'liibtj.npfto" 'HarrisonlV/fideasv of-:'a : j , grass. ; jS'i! l ;P|lo'okijig.J\velli:\|.Mr:' j Ai'deßspn';:senior,\was-; WMii : fi|-:;>%Jnilllng/,vento.e. he:,has''::.un"dertaken' .up ||^"ttt67-Main;fTfuhkilme,:but:Mrs.-.Anders-:;' 1 IA-S;;-- «>n '(andiher :;sonVehtertaihed,; ; uS('Tbyally; ¥/?I- ; "ind" ?seht^;:'us~ T ;away::feoliiig''. content'-with' jg^si^'-isunouhtogs^fp'yi'::^ motor ; Sf;; ; ; v&t; toad \ 'nuuiingji ' <' : paddocks'-bn-each' jlg'Viide; bfithe: ; Si-jK ' &lfji>xit, : stop'/i.'aa.: there T iTCa3?ho.'';dogstail-:;': to ps'yev",'butrTlr/'understobd';from,:Mri-'Abra'- ,: ■ f^|-*^ ; Ei?'' , er 'of i ryegrass .''sMd'rah-if&.-district,; that-of-thb' hiheteeh,' ..Saindon- growers fViK-jhis .' g|Kfjithis:'grpwCT:!ha^ : raf^ ; .^';joihing ; the;;m'aiii- ro"ad',;wb,.sibpped-at, P3is \ Hb ; :r'c«bV-'::its";heebv':;-we:.TO 'over, .the; .oh:ySr: tPearc'e Kite land ; hhd'^a'.Vlb'oti'at 1 -his; dogstail; N ' .'Hero' ;. Kl'iSand':-!ihoticed: 'Mr?.«Alnatham?s : .-;Iaco-?'fan-'. Mp( : vSJDg;i>- On- l-leaying .Mr. : Pearce's, :-we -visited - Mt3fi^-: ; ;;Qi e ; Grey' : . himself : wlpJlivffSjshii6;:closo;,to Sahdpn.':■ The,verdict ' j: ; o|.Jib£[Ms J ..crop^ WiM 'oi't'Wevihowy;bowled-.: along:-intp:;> Sandon;: i|6jiissuis■.j.ifetbomieal'';'Btae'';'tfaßi i i><!bhgina,' •. foM;mi6wii s"a3T-.CTh'e;-Weka''.:;cn':routej ; :ahd f fKiifemadei.tracksifof;a>:farm;right I ''beyond: : teilji'Sandbii '■• biiVthV- Bulls:Toad..>?Here'{we'wor6, fe'iHfort&ata^ifd''; 1 iust-.-.catchihg :'the jowner. ' Jf.vliwbff^^the"property,^'-'andiVho took-.us-.-torthe, .. li-M jiidiference;bet\vcen,'a-,fair crop and'.agood fe|Koniei::-.'JMs.;paddockyboked picture with: |i ;J |:#>:th6';seed ; ; tha:;'rie)d-: at.;22olbsi; ; th'o : acfo;; : :Aiier;.'a ,, gp'od:lbbk'fbuhd;we: ' Sandon,•:. and' gSy| ; 'itnmed.-,:ih'.'ot>-'lli>'';J. : JKU Perrelt^sVpro-' : lAarpei^W^Hb::himself- .Was^jaway^ibut^his.'; If gJfcfetheFvVfas.':there;- a'ndias .keehVas' inusf ' |p: : ;seen:the:cTpp.:-Thb' $W"i\ :dbgstail4iwas':-a-:pe"rfMt:,picture,.:a,:really -would :yield: fully KSijijtp :the :oacreJ•';Mr.;-Perrett, 1 senior;:: could i&HphaT^yrjjb/'dragged faw'ay;^' but:"he:;was' ' jjjjyliqmte:;, ass"ehthusjiastife;/over"; r a -'.v'eryVjne ' fK ; ;f/P a 'ld6ck:;.of; j.^yearrold'-'pMtero.: ryegrass.. : 331bs; tei:# : pf ;-:see'd,\(said::Mr. ■• Abraham;:f-ffho > was"i ■ [f;|ajtnpw ; looking--'.quite;'h : j^vl,-:'j|that'::during:Hho;';many..ycarsfhis .'firm; >i : VSsj[hadt'.bptight:the.;scedi'iromvthis :farm ; it pM!iad:;.a Iways gbbdv!:: % : -',ffy-*: : V^'i,^ SJ&KA': featurer'ofc'thiaiiproperty;:beypud\tho ; ?f'i;;3|etceDent: i - :S-ys|fe'ct''that;Hhefe' ; are'inbt::les3 l i,thah;;eight. - 2V:Vv : ]3ffiss;/,Pepetl3,-.':from:UU, ■ ~*4J|was a'pretty?sight;to '. fcesa the'hbraesteapV'fceding -calves, etb.'MOrie' ' if'g*.'-i jlittle:'girk.drbvo/with'-:us-.toy'see.jnis-,but : ''. (W& W:'J& a "Bates::: - WeSAtefe |-:W'>'iing-.'.another';weU-knowh:Sandph : man,.Mf.v r:'§-i;|W;,:J.''PhilUss,\bufc'.we:had.'.'a ; -verj i :. good 5 ' |so;l'";tc^rt.:oh;':his\:dbgstoil':from;;:ouri v • to: gb'Von-vfceli'■: fj!;S:-';-ijig '.easy,. th'Pugh: sorry. tb'.mis^.thoVgomal'' |;?it:itwncr.:;-JustKbeyohd,?>Sajidpn':Vbn . ri-s.BvlVwahiirii/Ebad'Vwas;;;another'; lovbly' crop'' ; fg;<Sv <if; seed-^-i,t*(s- nbticeablo:hbw;very:mucli : |K5-'£,a;:hetter ; £'"IV.vpart: : of-'the:dismct than .'where, we "first Pj'Ktf;s(artc^-pur;in3pectibh::'-The motor.seemed; KSsfftb'rbo'gladj-tb'get; her bonnet ,fa"cing:home, ! spgv and ~ pttr|careful JchauGeur ''evidently' .hat ardent spirits. ;"Euhning' $W *.- flbwh :could' see ■ two-jS:i~iT;-"=?ufj tbiee. '.more .Icrbps-. loolririg.,well,-but: \or}:fi)ie: ; :was' jhowV: half-past;;: six 'and'; fM-'fedhsk; I, so.;we..hadito.aba'ndon : ,the, idea; of; %; '| ; ;¥'viisiting these, properties on'.this occasion,' g'^&aildrweut^nght,.through' Awahuri; back' ';:':; ■■-.; -.';/'." v fel:.: :;. il.'.learned - several, things oh 'this ohjby-' f T -g>;;,;al)le ..outing; ;;that ; 'a~ 'good vfieldvof -either. tj;;-./:: crested' 'dogstailV or siiyegrass/'withj-V'tho: !S;S:*anh/shiningt J pn':it:and'vgcntly waving in pa; j;tnc:'wind;;-;mnst;bo;vclassed ' among: Na-; [v-. ;^-:: ; ;tare's ; fine'st:sights; and,also, I,was much fevfi-'-serack-iby/the ,-;splendid .;receptioh : that : Mr;/Abrahart\hn : d: : Mr.;-.PalDief','re-;' 'ifoj/cejlved :from',-bvc:y6hb -they visited.:.;:.it' tJSvijsejimed Hom me,;;to' :;spcak'•: well' for, their" ,Sandbn:::seed-raising is fev-vvinl|ifa.;:.ihfancy t - nhd,iit;is'.evidont : that :it, KSS:'--(has' : .:a-tßplehdid -f it.-'-The Kjfi'SverbTOis?'must;determiho 'to (exercise 'al-' K.j:";ways: thbi.same; care.'-th'at'-.th'ey.exercise.' p.:!;y nb'jy:to.-prbdu'co 'a gooti. article, and;must' pjifjjoblc. to ithe 'markets and. keep ''their', but-. }S'tf<v-puJ;ipopu!ar;.: through vtho<;DPmiiuon:'by '|';ig^:boing''cohtent.,with:fair and -rcasonablo. to:?';;vrlbesv:;;';:;'S ; ?:;? : :ft'-;'-S:--'ii ;; : !;v:;'::-:-,;.;:;,:?