WINTER GRASSES

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4499, 4 December 1909, Page 4

WINTER GRASSES

I . Regarding winter grasses, a correspondent of the Sydney Mail writes : “ Some grasses are better than others. Iu a small, understocked paddock it was noticed' that the first grass to show up in the autumn was prairie grass, and when other grasses were about four inches high, prairie grass was eight inches high. The prairie grass was not only twice as high as the other grasses, but it was well matured, forming heads of seed, and consequently every inch of it contains more nutriment. The great objection to prairie grass is because it will not fnd continuous overstocking as well some of the other grasses, and having to resow pastures is not relished. The best grazing results |lg secured by renewing the pastures At intervals of a few years. A universal mixture of grasses is not attended with satisfactory results; a better system being to have different grasses in different paddocks, prairie grass being specially serviceable as a winter grass. I