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Pastures and their improvement in relation to the management of foot-hill farms in Canterbury
(New Zealand Grassland Association., 1936)
The foothill areas of Canterbury consist of a large portion of the province, extending from the Conway River in the north to the
Waitaki River in the south, a distance of some 230 miles. This
same area varies in width ...
Pasture seed-mixtures for districts of low rainfall
(New Zealand Grassland Association., 1937)
The low rainfall districts of New Zealand grow poor pastures of low carrying capacity.
They are situated in Canterbury,
Central Otago, Marlborough, Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay, a total area
of several million acres.
to ...
Adjustments of seasonal feed-supply to seasonal requirements of animals
(New Zealand Grassland Association., 1936)
Because of the differential growth of herbage plants throughout
the year and because of weather hazards, the most difficult problem
of the stock-raiser is the provision of an adequate supply of feed
for every day in the ...
Metabolism experiments; their technique and value in assessing the nutritional value of pastures
(New Zealand Grassland Association., 1934)
Common methods adopted to ascertain the nutritional
value or quantity and quality of grass and other foodstuffs
include changes in live weight, improvement in health and production, chemical analyses, naked eye responses ...
New permanent pastures as greenfeed in Canterbury
(New Zealand Grassland Association., 1935)
The Canterbury farmer depends to a great degree
upon supplementary greenfeeds as part of the diet of sheep
and dairy cows, but the actual extent to which he is dependent
upon them is seldom fully realised until the ...