HILL PASTURE TESTS.
USES OP TOP-DRESSING. Farmers who ar 0 farming hill country will be looking forward with interest to the results of experiments being carried out by the Department oi T Agriculture in top-dressing of hill pastures. It must be realised that to obtain any definite information, the results of the manuring should be observed over several years, but results on a Waikanae farm, says a Manawatu paper, where the superphosphate was broadcasted last year, are very promising- for so short a period. Definite figures are not available, but it is known that the owner has been able to winter 21 sheep per acre, whereas previously he had only been able to carry two. The extra half sheep per acre has practically covered the expenses of top-dressing, and he will have the increased production of the next two or three years as profit.
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Shannon News, 25 August 1925, Page 4
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144HILL PASTURE TESTS. Shannon News, 25 August 1925, Page 4
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