VALUE OF NEW GRASSES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1701, 18 March 1913, Page 8

VALUE OF NEW GRASSES.

■ ITALIAN RYE AND. AVIN.TER' , feeding. . .All.graziers naturally„want.«;inter feed, yet few of. them make a study of grasses ' agVa jiieaiis of' giving .them /wliat .they require,. but rather rely oil old. varieties. A little enterprise",'would, "hefcording to Mr. A. Buchanan, 0/ Jersey. Holm, Palni.'erston.North,'reward many farmers bountifully "by proving' to "them the valuo of .the new Italian varieties. For winter feed , these should be sown from St. Valentine's Bay till the middle of March (says Mr. Buchanan). The "Western Wolths" and the "Mammoth" ■varieties are annuals, and on medium Jands supply a surprising wealth of winter feed. On rich land they maintain by, reseeding, nnless very closely cropped during tho summer months. The ■ porennialised-Italian should also be used, since it has a quicker habit of growth than the English variety which supplies one, and takes after the Italian, which supplied the other branch of its ancestry. Mr. Buchanan's experience is that, sown Jufter mid-March/ these special ryes will ■ grow and come on marvellously in the spring, and handsomely repay the sower . who includes them in his mixtures. Owing to an error in our issue of yesterday the following items were included in the ..Solway stock sale, whereas the :itfims"4ht>uld have been included in -Messrs. James Macintosh and Co.'s Wai- , poua stock sale:—so shorn lambs, 5 South- ; 'down rams, ,5 Romnoy rams, 80 fat and forward black-face lambs, 000 shorn wether lambs, all. one earmark, <100 f.m. .ewes, 200 2, 4, and 6-tooth ewes, RomneyLincolu cross, .100 good shorn rape lambs, GO shorn lambs. The farmer who is dubious regarding the value of Milking Machines will repay himself -handsomely by visiting the . farms of those men who have installed Milkers run' by' "Anderson" Oil Engines. He will alter his opinion in a very short time, Iwcause the evidence will prove too strong, however violent a hold his prejudices may have had previously. First of ail, there will be impressed upon him the ease ami rapidity by which (he cows - yield the milk. Then lie will note Ihe saving in labour and the remarkable consistency. of the Anderson Engine. Moreover," 011 further : jivostigatioii and comparison, the virtues of this engine in regard to economy of fuel consumption and . its capabilities for long service cannot but become apparent. Eventually our inquiring friend will turn "prosperity point." by installing ono "Anderson" Oil ilngino himself. Anderson, Ltd., Christchurch.—Advt. INCUBATORS FOR l!)l!l.-Now is the, time to bool: your requirements for coming 1 season:- Full' particulars 011 appli- . cation. A. and P. FOOD CO.. Wellington;—Advt-