The Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria . 0-9 4-0 0-4 15 0 6 2 0 2 2 I 17 1 10 1 7 1 8 () 14 0 8 0 0 0 15 15-6 5-9 1 4fi 114-4 44-4 1 76 210-8 84-8 4 107 297 -2 119-3 8 138 365-5 146-6 3 167 425 • 1 170-4 fl 198 489-2 196-0 () 228 518-4 207-6 8 259 534-7 214-9 (3 262 535-6 215-3 0 6 0 2 6 1 4 8 2 6 5 6 7 16 2 9 3 5 10 12 2 11 6 2 11 14 10 11 15 4. RED POLL DAIRY HERD, BOISDALE. lo 1912.] Paspalioii for Hill Pastures. 563 PASPALUM FOR HILL PASTURES. Bv P. (? Tlircljall. Dairy Supervisor, Yea District. During a season of drought such as the greater portion of this Statehas
The Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria . 0-9 4-0 0-4 15 0 6 2 0 2 2 I 17 1 10 1 7 1 8 () 14 0 8 0 0 0 15 15-6 5-9 1 4fi 114-4 44-4 1 76 210-8 84-8 4 107 297 -2 119-3 8 138 365-5 146-6 3 167 425 • 1 170-4 fl 198 489-2 196-0 () 228 518-4 207-6 8 259 534-7 214-9 (3 262 535-6 215-3 0 6 0 2 6 1 4 8 2 6 5 6 7 16 2 9 3 5 10 12 2 11 6 2 11 14 10 11 15 4. RED POLL DAIRY HERD, BOISDALE. lo 1912.] Paspalioii for Hill Pastures. 563 PASPALUM FOR HILL PASTURES. Bv P. (? Tlircljall. Dairy Supervisor, Yea District. During a season of drought such as the greater portion of this Statehas hUely experienced, the question of improving the natural pasture by theintroduction of drought-resistant grasses cannot fail to Cimmand the seriousattention of every one interested in the breeding and keeping of stock. While the cultivation and conservation of fodder crops in the form ofhay and silage is absolutely necessary to enable stock-owners to carry theirherds and flocks safely through a prolonged period of drought, yet it isplain that much may be done in the way of increasing the stock-carrying?capacity of the pasture lands. There are thousands of acres of grass landill this and other districts which could^ be made to support at least twice orthree times the quantity of stock carried on the natural grasses. That this canbe done was clearly de
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