SORT OF BANK BALANCE

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 713, 12 January 1910, Page 8

SORT OF BANK BALANCE

fcj:v:;!fTlis6SNorl;hSislandy farmers", who'.are f: : ;</:/,gbing;in for': lucerne" will be interested to |a^know:;the; depths.to whidh^the'sroots':of. fcS'!this Invaluable ///drought-'resisting // plant.: Sm.vpenetrate.'-:' The"-,depth •' varies, /of: course, ?</<[/ascertained '.by./diggirig/ido.wn/besido' the ss;j grcttring .although,'-, as //the/'plants ;;s';'grow/-older,-.'; the/.depths,. to which /. the would' have ' to' dig- for this 'pur-. j/V/ipose would, become' ,very considerable. Lu'J;S-:': New with /roots twelve feet rJj'Hahg,'though it does not'follow, of course, ■M: /that/;tho .direction'- 'of;;these, roots, in ;■ the i;jJV'€oil.:was.' j/ri/vif^ £?fS and/lucerne- Toots/-have':'been,.measured; f/.y/«ven/6G; - feetlong/.;- : .The; -'average: depth fiV.j- ireached by.:. the'roots, of various -legumihfrf.l»us plants :has'been'stated as ; follows:— .. {'£//; £;&•*: ':. ; /:^.:v: ; u ' : « v :. Inphes. : : :.;.,,/ |fi;iv- : ';;V'J-:Wnite: clbveK..'.i.i."r"f V 6..-. : -.'• -/-,:; f.K: ; '":':/'; Crimson .clover, "•""•••••'l2 .';. ; S^^:Eed: ; ;?::-- : ' : Kifi' .'■"",.':■.? .50«;,« ■:-.-■ te'^-'vfe^-S^^'V^^V^^?^^?. E//\it '::»",probable !< that/.in'i>Australia '-and: t-'V-jN-ew'-Zealand," in/warm/'dry,'-deep,;:rich'. fIS ;;/sdilsi : .these'' : plants -would.-all ..descend to". |/:?:^iniany;:-times.fthisYdepth: fanners: feWv'inowiwellvuhderstand -that great depth of of .the chief. &' ; : i: !requifements:for. but evenwhere fc;>i this/is not' obtainable, the; conditions, are. j»;f.;. : ;jgenerally, such.' as;jwill stiir enable.:;;the: rfe'i crop 7 •; to . thrive'with 3 satisfaction:-t0.,; the; E&'owne'r//;'As/the : ;tiine for.vspwing .lucernV f.-. : : •■ New "Zealand, extehds'fbf a considerable*: ff'->.peribd ihtb'.the';sumnier-t;the ' chief need fvXj .being.-to':'get :;the-plant k gast; ; the seedling; IvvV-ietage'before :frb«ts snli; be (;:'ii.!'useful ..to; consider/its'/great/Value-'for , dairy:Jarms.;; ; 'Lucerherapp'eals;specially. £/:'';:' /to- dairy/'fanhers: because; »'.;"; -...: -.■•■;." >■";:: ■Si?.' kr.Vv-:- Cows ; like/it//•;;■ : :/-/ ■S:J^\^. : :^-"£ : ;s;;;:>Slt ; gives, ; enofmous'croDs qf ; fodder.; ./;.; £':///^: lt,is a';great;m'ilk-pro(lucer.. ;'//■/-' '/:/// te ''•■" ;'/-It "■ is easily, handled/;./:/-.: : -; : ../; '■> '■■'.'-. pv':&jlt:fkeep's!growing: for.-.-twenty years ; or "?;?;:•) morei'.' asking'/far- little -/other: : attention o;;'(rthah:.to;be ;periodically;:eut.i ;; '■;,:/.: H^ : .;' tj;';;V.;/ It' get's'its' nitrogen:-from/'/the. ; air, and ffe'l tHis''enriches'' the soil.'-'.; !',;/.■/:'■/'/ ■.'■'•'■' ''■'■~ pM>'lt,enables: a:dairy :farmerto ; ,dqubW.:the; fcvS'J carrying; cap'abity; ■':•;■■. |,;;;i ; returns per f- :^l)tet&'kW:-':^ h ''.^Vy:i : /C:' : - 'C.;'■'::'■'< ■?'.?;.', <sV//i :: :>lt~makes splendid/.silage,'.and'is; therfr: fe?, fora!available for' use - through' winter, and; ph ) spring.-/;;/;://-/ ;]■ f: •■': ; >'//;• ■'-;'''';.'///SH fc;:.i-: : Jt is.like'd.equally ; by sheepihorses,,and! faft'eattle.'v/.'-- i !;-'^?.v ;: l:-7A^-. "/'-'■. ->'"-'i.-";-'"l ES'^.'ltflrevels.-in^.a/dronght^-^;'- -'/;;>;/• ;:;;;;-■-; p/V-i-Consequently/a/good;;plot .of,.lucerne K:'1 ; : j may'' ( pay^- bigger: .interest;, than.: great ftj.K 6ums; , of;ihvestMim6ney.,lj;;is.~the.easiest, fcgr.j^.bf/banking p~2\ ione" knows ; rof.";". So\ra/noiv',/.lucerne, could, teSibe cut several -times toextseason/-It heeds tei/'to'be sown. oh soil that is/fairly.free from first/few/ months-of its IvilV; infancy;;it;'-.is;'.e'asily.v.sm'othered. ; : '-' .Once ;?■;:-:]properly.',established,;,, it; can :almost 3e 'to'fight/its:'6wri' ; ibattlcs, though sU rcasiohal /oultiyatioh^ofj/the^sbil.between' ~ft>;|the'-:rows;is,: of ;,'course;,'appreciated. '.-It teS/j is. Teady if or .cutting/in; spring, !• two".weeks.' 6'if'S "earlier; ,tha'h, red ,'clover;' and-yields - about : fiveVcuttihgs'iper,Vannuni:.:.;,The,:;bn^ felli thef; valuable % small: /leaves; are,,'liable,; to; -abouti 20 j '_to,:'3o:i'tons; Wi'~;- -sper '■'- acre;per annum;. ,The 'weight..; of hay; fe'S'-twould'be .anything;up'to/5 tons -per .'acre-W./-;y during,.the; whole yeari'ior 'one'- wn' per KyJl'; Girazing : ;as ( ;a /rule.as; not;.ad-, ';■]?; \ :'nor.fbr• the'.stbcE : :; Sheep s especially• ,',in-: pM- .jrire'thb-.plants' by nibbling;off,:the.young- &« ' shoots>hichi periodically;;start .out ffbiiT f'/Hi the;, c'rowin?of /the;, root.to ■': produce- .the .fev''' ne'w'crOD'-whe'ri''.t^ejtime;for eateh/cuttog. K/! 'arrives./;'; ; p';'; .afe::often : ;;admitte'd; : to : '.g'rai!e;'i:- Soils' ; 'in' KiriS which lime;abounds are;specially-likedi bj ; fiS' In'wTTii:'-^-.- 1 .-'-'-'--J-:'' •-: :: -/': :: ;; " ','* * ~'J,Uur;;luc*rne;;seed; . is;;cmeriy/'imported. !;./,';,/.]from ; : Austr'alia,';':ahd./can:-:-be;-.. obtained: f;H?t'!frbrflj'|most;',.local ,:'seedsmeiii."-; A'-/ bushel about <621b.i''7: arid; a : pound ,; . con■j:g:s;;tains::abont:2oo,ooovseeds./;About":2slb.;:of [!,ft^i,^d:J;are.^dril|ed,Vper,: acre: T ,;lt:iis:advis-. jsi'S ;tov;sbw. : lucerrie~"'ih' drills >wide enough,, l'yfej'for/:cu]tiyaiibh^'lt:;is: ;: nbt!; ; wise; tc>'':sow ; jw't-.i it-, isf-a : miitnre, 1 - for "the 'competing, crop m'j'-5* would'check: it like; weeds.: The'-plant' is |ji; ;iot, .■; by;;'i frost '■' after; it'; has /passed tS/;./ithe;'seedling/stage;,'/ Its;chief'enemies are li/Ewf excessive^moisture/ and : ;grass;- or, other |S//';: weeds.';' Kj/j.v.in'/ah' /competes - with. lower K;/. : K';;/>;,;nqt•,tbuc'h'lucerne;ithbugh/,they:/will eat. f'S'; .^p,;the.'pa'ss/gr'o"wiiig/alongside.-'' ; '/- : ;/:'