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FARM AND DAIRY.

A lucerne elevator,that Mr. Gane, on the Stuart road. v«-ir Kliliam, has invented, promises to be a very useful implement for Tarauaki tanners in the near future (says the Star). An old mowing machine has been utilised for the purpose, the gearing serving to operate endless chains that carry the lathes flitted with short, slightlv-curved spikes lhat pick up the lucerne) up the elovalor Jranie. '1 he angle of'this is such that the lucerne falls from ihe top of the elevator on to a two-horse drav, to which the elevator is attached. The advantage of such a machine will readily be appreciated by dairy farmers feeding out lucerne. Mr. Ganc is now at work endeavoring to produce an elevator that will do for soft turnips. If he produces a simple, practical machine that will do so lie will earn the gratitude of many a Taranaki farmer.

Evidence is constantly aeciimulating of the immense value that lucerne must be to the Taranaki dairy farmer, if only lie Hill tackle Uhe job in a proper wav. It is astonishing, however, how many farmers will not yet be convinced of this fact. They persuade themselves that it is no good, and point to one or two isolated ■?ases that they have heard of where it Tvas ;i tried and was ploughed in again. This is a pity. Better to examine into the other eases, where farmers have made a success of it, and there are numbers of such now scattered throughout this district. Reference has already been made to these, and to the abundance of green feed they have produced in the dry autumn, but just one more may be added to the list, A year ago last December Mr. Gane (Hastings road) put down 20 acres, and this autumn he has more green feed than he knows what to do with. His crop came on well, and afte> making a big stack of hay and another of ensilage for winter use, he has now more green stuff than he can use, the bulk of his farm is having a rest, and his having a complete rest, and his cows are cows are better fed .than ever. Ho is but another of the successful lucerne growers who realise that with a well-estab-lished paddock the carrying capacity of his farm can be doubled. In one of Mr. Gane's paddocks rhizotoznia appeared in a few places, but this can easily be got rid of, and should not give cause for any anxiety. It has appeared in several plots on this coast from time to time, but in no ease has it spread to any extent.

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Taranaki Daily News, 25 March 1918, Page 6

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443

FARM AND DAIRY. Taranaki Daily News, 25 March 1918, Page 6

FARM AND DAIRY. Taranaki Daily News, 25 March 1918, Page 6

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