MILK SUPPLIES FALLING
CULTIVATION OF GREEN CROPS (From Our Oxen Correspondent) HAMILTON. To-day. Although for many farmers the situation has been saved by the cultivation of areas of paspalum and lucerne, two crops which are guaranteed to withstand long spells of dry weather, the situation in the Waikato district is becoming serious. The milk supply is falling ofT rapidly and some farmers are feeding their stock with expensive dry fodder an effort to maintain it. Mr. G. W. Wild, Government Agricultural Instructor at Hamilton, has always advocated the growing of paspalum, and says that under proper management it can be controlled. Its use in an emergency such as at present is invaluable. He states that a good deal of the winter food has already been given to cattle by dairy farmers, but it is not too late to provide winter supplies. He advocates the sowing of late soft turnips and chou moellier.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 259, 23 January 1928, Page 9
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