NEW FORAGE PLANT.
j A report concerning a new forage j plant has Ix-cti mane to (ho Quecne- ; lanfl MinipU-r i"oi Agriculture by Dr I >avid '1 homn iv. ell known in con- ; t; o, j,h culture of Carav;;n> :n the ("aims district. In : :1 !>*••» r io-; warded from the Agric.ij(i«r;tl K::p«riment Station at ' Oaxia, Mexico. Dr T!)nM:::f i» say , that the plant referred lo i:; in appearance very similar to maize and grows, in both humid and dry land. ](, can be cut down two or tlncr times a year. Like sugar car.p, it Kprouta up with hardly any cultivation. Kach cut can yield over 15 tons per acre of green fodder; when reduced to hay it loses half its weight. iJr Thomatis states it should be grown easily in all purtß of Australia north of Sydney, and he added it t-hould bo the salvation of grower! in (ho northern districts. It is at present propagate 1 only by cuttings like sugar cane, as seed does not appear to germinate easily, owing to its hard skin.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 593, 13 August 1913, Page 6
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176NEW FORAGE PLANT. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 593, 13 August 1913, Page 6
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