GRASS SOWING.
There is one crop that can hardly be sown too thickly—that is, grass—which cannot be injured by overcrowding. Of course it is possible to throw down too much seed, but every seed that germinates and takes hold of tiie ground will probably mako a plant, and help to make a thick tender covering to the soil. The thicker the grass is the more tine, and the finer it is so much the moro tender. With the exception of lucerne it is best to sow a mixture of grasses, becauso some sorts obtain their subsistence near tho surface, whilst others get it from the depths. Some get their nourishment largely from the air, and others largely from the earth. Some are green at a time when the others are getting dry ; and when a lot of grasses are growing in one pasture the stock get a palatable variety which makes their food more agreeable to them, and when they are satisfied with tlioir fodder, they aro likely to be contented and grow fat.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1436, 21 July 1883, Page 4
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174GRASS SOWING. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1436, 21 July 1883, Page 4
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