THE GROWING OF LUCERNE

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 March 1916, Page 2

THE GROWING OF LUCERNE

Air i:".. L'll'inan, in a pallor on tins .subject, s;iid o! mi' raiinres c.vpcrieivod by iiicei'iic growers, "were auu l<: (,'itii -r yri parat-on oi luio ground i r i». ■ r .-.eeu. i,uee.rne, i. oioperly treaied, uouidi l.'.st iruiii io to -il veins. I In- giouiiil iSji(iillll be irilowed a.s" do.pjy a,s t.ie soil won In permii, and Kepi well cultivate;.. !iit'«ug>ii the sumiik j* months tri ensure Uie UofctruetiGii of ail woods a 110. lu <:ou.-er vu moisture. Ua .iivouwjd sowing iccal-grown seed, as it obviated lue danger oi' introducing dodder ami other .seeds, and enauied the freshness o! the .seed. Seed may lie, sown \n Apni (ir -May, Dibs to lOTbs to the acre if drilled, and more it broadcasted Willi iewt u-i super. ,'Si.a.ble manure should not be usi d .until the j>la ti l lias obtained a goi.d .start, audi nll or that it .should oo put on and worKeo into t!i.■ ground weli oeery. spring ana autumn. If Interne were to lie if - oil. it w:s advisable io put 011 all uie K'.oek at once, in order 10 feed H . in* t:<o .shortest pi;s?ible time as would (juii.-kly ri eover. \Viihoui irrigation the grower eourd not expocc to r',et more t' an two or three cuts 111 Hie year, but with a grod supply o water audi iramiro lucerne should he tit to cut e\'e:y thiee or tour weeks. 'J lie best time to out was when the c'op was about one-third 111 flower, as .1 "Would i'nen i;i'ow naain more qUH-K----ly than it left 'until later. 'Dc:>ing with the various varieties of lueerne He tsaid that Hunter River and .S. \. 0'"1 were both tcoici, hut Arabian mj C'eriie had not proven a mieuos.-- • jooiirn:'! of Agi ieultun?.