An innovation on the Hauraki Plains during recent years has been the growing of pampas grass for. the feeding of cattle. Much interest has been aroused in other districts by the success which has attended the efforts of farmers in this direction, the grass beifig burnt or eaten down to the roots before sending out shoots which are well liked by the cattle. The present season has been especially favourable for the cultivation of pampas grass, and on a number of farms there are several acres devoted to it.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 April 1938, Page 4
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