LUCERNE TESTING.
■■FURTHER EXPERIMENTS TO BE. ' , ': UNDERTAKEN. "; 'In order to encourage the cultivation of lucerne, and to test this valuable fodder plrint under 'varying conditions of soil and climate throughout New Zealand, the Department of Agriculture will continue this season to Bupply a limited number of parcels of seed, lime, and inoculated soil to farmers desirous of trying an ncre of lucerne on their properties. On application to.the Director of the Fields and Experiments Division," Wellington farmers will be supplied with 121b. of lucerne seed, 7501b. of lime, and 1501b. of wil from an established lucerne field. Tho cost to the farmer will be only the railage or freight, and carriage to his own farm. In return the farmer will bo required to nso the seed, otc, on wcl|-prepared land, in accordance with conditions laid down by tho Department, which expects a report oji the result.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1551, 21 September 1912, Page 8
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146LUCERNE TESTING. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1551, 21 September 1912, Page 8
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