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<listricts when sown in cultivated land. Seeing the value and ini|i()rtance of 

 grasses to landholders in this State, there should he on everv holding at least 

 a small plot devoted t<i ihe trial of grasses. 



Those who desire to di) so can obtain small trial packets of mauv of nur 

 native and other grasses fi-oni the Cowra Experiment Farm. 



< )f the grasses of wliich seed can he obtained, Rhodes Grass will probablv 

 be found admirably suitable for planting in the wheat districts, but sutttcient 

 experience has not been obtained to \\'arrant reconnnending the extensive 

 planting of it. 



A ivniinder is given that there are two varieties of Rhodes Grass, viz., 

 Chloria Gayami and ('}il(iri.'< viiyata. ('hlnri.s Gayaiia will proliablv be more 

 suitable for drv conditions than <'. r'n-yitUt. 



Assuming that the object of iilanting the cultivation paddocks with grass 

 is to renovate and c'ean them, these ol)jects can be protitably, and possibly 

 more e.xpeditiouslv. ol)tained in anf>ther way, b}' planting rape in such 

 ])ad(]ocks next February. To ensure success the ground should be broken uj' 

 now and worked fhn'ing the summer. If this be done the rape can be planted 

 in February w ith e\erv prospect that it will pi'ovide green, succident feed 

 during the autumn and winter. l')V feeding oH' the rape, wild oats, and other 

 weeds which grow, the land will be improved, and l)y ploughing in the winter 

 or spring before the oat seeds, the weefls will be killed and the paddock cleaned. 



Rape. 



Reports are to hand of aphis attacking early sown rape. Such attacks, 

 though expected in the warm spring, are unusual in the cold autumn, and 

 are possibly due to the drv weather experiencefl. 



Sheep evince a reluctance to graze such rape, but eventually take to it if 

 kept on it. The remedy seems to be to kee[i the eai'ly sown rape eaten down 

 until the cold weather sets in. 



The value and advantages of raj)e a<-e being more and more realised by 

 farmers each year, and, in conspcjuence, the ai-ea planted with it is increasing, 

 and it will still further inci-ease as its possibilities are realised. This year a 

 farmer in the Gowra district planted rape at the beginning of the year, 

 fattened shee2> '"^ •'^j '^"'' then ploughed the ground, which is now seeded 

 with wheat. 



This instance sIk^ws how rapid is the growth of the I'ape plant, and. /// 

 disiricts ivherf tla rainfall renders such intense cultivation, possible, what 

 jirofit can l>e derived from its cultivation. 



