Agriculture in New

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 March 1915, Page 2

Agriculture in New

Zealand.

MOTES OM THE CHOPS,

Isolated instances in districts which ave experiencc-d long spells of dry weailior this season have demonstrated ilie wisiiom of the repeated advice j;iven in those pages that green-inanur-ug is a valuable means ol retaining noisture in the soil (provided, of •;)inse, the top isuil has not been negloeed.) AVhere the lana has been deepy cultivated and green material bur■d or turned in excellent growth has een secured in localities where pasures and crops have absolutely fail ■ •d. The instances in questions hare ccuned gonerally in gardens, but the .'.•-son is there all the same Weekly ■'hues, Invereargill.

A small line of Algerian oatt< was

ild in the Oamaru district last week tss 3d per bushel. This (says the ■Iail) is a record for the district.

Writing to a friend in Hastings, an hivercargill fiiriner says (reports the orrespondent of the flawke'is Bay • lerald) he has just sold a crop of ryegrass seed for 5s |>er bushel and his \ ii'lcl was 70 bushels to the acre. The I'iend, in mentioning this, says he I-uows the farm well, and this yield !i:is brought moro than the farm is -,101' th. which he valuer at £15 per acre. U the last Wallacetown (Southland) '<'ck sales a four-year-old stall fed ' 'llnck fetched £32 10s. A well-known Rangitikei farmer die-"-sed of his crop of wheat, comprisiiiir several thousand bushels at 7s 3d ;>••!• bushel. Last year lie obtained 3s ; I. so that his gain ilm year is nearly '''') per cent. ' While there has been some uncom'"only poor, wheat crops in South Can*"rbuiy this season- as low as 12 bus'■(>ls per acre—there have been some exceptionally good OTies. several' farmers in the Temnka district, got over 70 bushels per acre 'Yrfrp Tiniarn Iferald says). Tliis was on rSeh, heavy land between Temuka and the sea.