NEW FODDER PLANT.
[ A VALUABLE RAPE, A very valuable variety of rape largely used at Home is the Giant Rough Leaf Rape. Mr W. Lowrie, Principal of Lincoln College, who has had experience of it in Scotland, considers that its introduction to this country would fill a long felt want. Its strong point is that -sown in the autumn it provides splendid feed in the early spring. Frost does not affect it. The best way to sow it is in a mixture, say, with oats. Where turnips fail it is an excellent substituta. Several Hawke's Bay farmers have arranged with Suttons' New Zealand agents for a supply of the seed for experimental purposes, and samples of the rape will shortly be obtained from Messrs Levin and Co., Ltd., Masterton.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3035, 4 November 1908, Page 6
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129NEW FODDER PLANT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3035, 4 November 1908, Page 6
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