BUDA KALE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1347, 26 January 1912, Page 8

BUDA KALE.

SUCCESSFUL IN THE SOUTH,

Uf all the fodder plants growing in the Waitaki High School experiment field says t,ie "Otago Witness." Buda kale is one; oi the most successful ami promising. It is very similar in appearance lo a crop of rape, but. at (he same age stands h>her and appears to yield a greater bulk ot fodder. Mr. Jlaepherson gives the following information in reference to thi" foildor crop:—"The. kale h supposed to have come from lluda-l'esth, in Hungary. It was introduced'into Tarunuki nine niton years ago, and has been .-ur(C,sfullv grown for feeding dairy cows, pigs, anil young stock, but more especiallv lor dairy cows. Cut this fact has not lien widcly known, and it has only come into prominence as a fodder plant within the last two years. It has n distinctive advantage, over the other varieties of kale, i-i that it does not impart any llavour to the milk. Sow in spring in drills S-ln. apart, at the rate of 311). of seed to the acre; and feeding-off may start in from m'.v l» eight weeks after sowing (six weeks is the usual time in Taranakii. Heing a deep-rooted plant, it, stands eating well, and there is no danger of its being pulled up. It has been found that from two lo three hours daily is iong Enough time to allow milch cows to have access lo Hie Huda kale field. The kale grows til winter, but, of course, slowly during frosty weather. 11 comes awuy"well nsain life following spring, and if shut up in September, seed may be gathered first week in December, and at once ivsown. The land in which they are sown should be deeply ploughed, and should lie well manured with stable manure. In TarannkT Ic'wt. suiier and lewt. lxmedust is a suitable fertiliser."