Of this celebrated grass, W, S. C \ . MP bell, Esq., Director of 

 Agriculture, N.S.W., says:— ''This grass has attained such remark- 

 able prominence, and so mar^y persons have become acquainted 

 with its great value, and so much has been written about its merits, 

 that anything one can write upon the subject seems to be super- 

 fluous." He also says, speaking of its introduction, " Gradually 

 the farmers took to planting it. and as its excellent qualities 

 became known the demand for seed and plants became enormous, 

 and its name has now become familiar to every man, woman and 

 child, not only in the Richmond and Tweed River districts, but 

 all over the coastal districts of the State." 



Mr. Campbell, after his recent visit to these districts, also says: 

 —"I have returned greatly impressed with the prosperity of the 

 people in that part of the country. The Paspalum Grass grows 

 with extraordinary luxuriance, and' so high is the growth that if it 

 stood up straight, the stock would be quite lost in it. As it is, 

 though bending over with its own weight, in many places, only the 

 backs of the cattle are visible. Apparently, the cattle are unable 

 to eat it down, and I believe that it would sustain five or six head 

 ot stock per acre for several months. Farmers are doing wonder- 

 tully well, and land is bringing high figures." 



This is the favourite grass with the stockowners here, and to the 

 dairymen especially has proved a veritable gold mine. It produces 

 an immense amount of succulent herbage, which is eagerly relished 

 by all stock; grows from 5 ft. to 10 ft. high ; bears a large quantity 

 of seed, which can readily be disposed of at a good price; and 

 thrives well almost anywhere. No other grass can equal it for 

 rapid growth, quantity and quality of herbage, and its adaptab. My 

 to almost any soil or climate; and the person who introduces this 

 grass into his district will pr0 ve a benefactor not only to the 

 locality m which he resides, but the Commonwealth generally, 

 ^ny land on which paspalum is established is worth from £1° 

 to £20 per acre. 



Once established, this grass remaps permanent for all time, and 

 saves the farmer from The gr.at annual expense entailed in the 



dlstrt a ^M a Sl,A Ultivati0n °ther ^ ^ In f ^t 

 district (N.S.W. the seed is sown after the scrub or other growW 

 has been felled and fired, at the rate of about 10 lbs. to 15 ^ . ' 

 vi?h- Per r e - there is much moisture, the grass «J 



n tC A a W m ° nths ' be seve ral feet high, and laden with ^ 

 ki the dry districts the seed should be sown in Autumn, when* 

 weather , s cooler, and when there is a probability of getting ram. 

 noS!?" 83 P r ed Ve ^ effectual in preventing and subd«»g 

 troubled f°rl° f aU kinds > and to th ° Se land T C nf Terns or 



it not impossible, to eradicate. There are good paddock., or 



