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bulk of the landholders in South Gippsland, and its jjermanence will 

 depend to a great extent upon the provision of sufficient quantities of 

 artificial fodder for the dairy herds. There is no other fodder plant 

 that will, at the same cost, and from the same area of land, produce as 

 much fodder per acre as lucerne. Wherever soil and climate favour the 



Good type ' ' machines ' ' for converting lucerne into milk. 



One of the ' ' machines ' ' — a profitable investment. 



cultivation of lucerne, every dairyman Avould do well to follow the 

 example of Mr. Tuckey, and set apart for it a certain area of his holding. 

 If irrigation can be applied, so much the better; when well established 

 and thoroughly irrigated it will yield from six to eight cuttings during 

 the season, and for stc-ck-owners lucerne may justly be termed the 

 " Chieftain of the Fodder Plants." 



