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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5071, 5 January 1927, Page 1

The question of feeding sheejj on lupins has been discussed by*.'farmerb for some time past, and a number of inquiries have been made following an article on the subject which appeared in the; October issue of the Journal of Agriculture. The matter was referred t,o Mr R. McGillivray, instructor of agriculture, by an Otago Daily Times representative and some interesting comment was made. Mr McGillivray stated that lupins, are generally regarded as green manuring crop. When used for that purpose they had been a great success, and had enabled much poor land to be brought into profitable occupation on some of the high, lands in Europe. Lupins were often 'fed off with sheep, and there w'as a case on record in which several thousand sheep had died from lupinose, after being fed on yellow lupins. The blue lupin was the one most in favour of sheep, and this variety was. looked upon as being safe, on light lands. On parts, of the east coast of England blue lupins had been grown Tor many years, and on such land, clovers, as a rule, did not do well, but, after, a few crops of lupins it was often possible to establish a pasture.