001?, J,, l,yU3;j Supplemenl to ihe " !Q'opiGal AgncnUurisf ,'" 
moisture, it will grow anywhere. It has been 
proved to grow in S!i,nd ; nlso some planted near 
salt water, luid iiuuidnted with it, was none the 
wor.se for the immersion. The grass is certainly 
of most nutritious and succulent quality, and for 
nn artificial grass, as already stated, it possesses 
wonderful vigour.' lb sheds its seed twice a year, 
and when the seed stems are iii full bloom reaches 
as liigh as 5 feet, fresh stems still shooting from 
the crown in various stages of growth. My own 
experimental plot in Gipsland has plants now with 
stems reaching to the height of 4 feet 6 inches, 
and at the same time new shoots are rising from, 
the crown. It is quite a9 strong aud healthy- 
looking as that growing at WoUougbar, and its 
general bearing indicates that it has come to stay. 
Those who' are in a position to speak authoritia- 
tively at Wollongbar, state most positively that it 
will carry a cow to the acre at the west. Mr. 
Campbell, Inspector of experimental stations in 
New South Wales, is of opinion that its carrying 
cajiabiliiies would amount to an average of a cot^ 
and a half to the acre. Victorian dairy farmers 
"will, however, no doubt be well satisfied with 
grass that will carry one cow to the acre. In this 
connection it may be reasonable to expect that in 
temperate Victoria during the winter months 
there may be a longer period of dormancy tlian in 
the sub-tropical district of the Eicnmond River, 
Experiment may show that such is the case on 
the south side of the Dividing Range in Victoria ; 
but on the north side, specially in tlie Goulburu 
\^lley aiid similar districts, where the winter is 
'mikier,' the autumn growth may be prolonged and 
the spring growth earlier, esi)ecially if there is 
provision for flooding wi'h water when required. 
It must be borne in mind that subdivision will be 
the keystone of success in dealing with this grass. 
The exi erience at Wollongbai' is that when a pad- 
dock is shut up for a few weeks, the grass at once 
istarts to grow and recovers itself rapidly. Yy'ith 
respect to the permanency of the Pasjialuin, Mr. 
Williams has a small {.iaddock that he laid down 
four years ago, which presents a solid turf of 
greea verdure. There is not a speck of the soil 
to be seen. The sight of this paddock is enough 
,1,0 convince the most sceptical as to the value of 
'the grass. Owing to its capacity for forming a 
strong turf it will no doubt do much in keeping 
dov.'ti weeds, and it may in a great measure suc- 
ce.isfully resist t he bracken fern. 
"Like all artiftci.il grasses, it may after a time 
be necessary to plough it up aud re-plant. ' Of 
course the grass being quite new, experience will 
have to be gained as to . its proper treatment. 
-There are tivo essentials to ensure the seed ger- 
minating, viz., heat and ujoisture. If a reason- 
able amount of hei'.t is not obtained, the seed may 
be dormant for some time. In any case it must 
not be expected that the whole of the seed sown 
will germinaie lor a certain proportion is barren. 
In laying down a pasture, from 5 lbs. to 8 lbs. of 
seed is necessary, but as little as 2 lbs... may be 
sown. In that case, when the gr.ass.r^.aches the 
seeding .stage, it will be necessary to close the 
paddock to allow of the shedding of the .seed. By 
that memsthe ])addock will become fully grassed. 
To sow such a siniill (luantity of seed, in order to 
obtain an equal distribution, it requires to be 
thoroughly mixed with a quantity of sawdust. 
"The fame of the Faspaji^m has reached the 
other colonies, includii}g New, Zealand. Orders 
for the seed arpi,, coming from all ])arts to Wol- 
longbar. For the purpose of raising a pasture, 
roots of the grass ,'iinay be pl.-jnted. The seed of 
the grass is diifecult,to sa.ve, owing,,to its not all 
ripening at once. As a cpnsequence,. it entails a 
great amoimt of., time anfl, Jabour . jii collecting it. 
There is no reason w.hy the grass.^hould not thrive 
as well in Victoria, as it dogs at W.ollongHar,. except, 
perhap.s,, that there may be a,greaUF' de.adness in 
the \yinter, for which an allowance may be made 
by reducing the carrying ca])acity, ■ Any one who 
is in a, position to run 100 covys may regard 
liiinself as thprouglily independent, and this, 
according to, the New South ' Wales proven ex- 
perience, with Paspalum, handled as described 
in this article, can be done, on 100 acres of reason^ 
abjy good land." .' ! 
, The following passages, .taken from th-^ Report 
of a meeting of the ,>gri-Horticultural Society of 
India held on 13th Deceraber, 1899,, , appeared iu 
Indian Gardenintj of the 21st idem :— 
"In connection with the i-efere,iic.e made by the 
Departmer.t of Land Records and Agriculture, 
Bengal, in August last, Mr. E, U. \yhitehead sends 
the following : — A report on a new fodder plant 
(Paspaluvi dilatatum) which can, be grown with 
profitable results on all sandy waste^, by Mr. A. 
.Crawford, the dairy expert of the Dejiartment of 
Agriculture, Perth, West ern Australia, is published 
i'l) the Perth Western Mail of the 2.6f.h May last. 
The.plant.will, I .think, prove an.inesiimable boon 
tousiij this country, for mjllions of acres that 
are now to all intents •nracticalij' useless would 
become valuable grazing properties. The fodder 
or grass, Pa^spalum dilatqtum, will. thrive even, m 
the poorest soils. "At the quarantine station at 
Subiaco, two-and-a-half years ago at the beginning 
of summer it was plaii,ted in the poorest sandy 
soil with no manure and no atteiit.ioii. It grew 
well, all Che summer, and at the end it was found 
that it had put down its root 18 inches in the 
sand, and it was imppssible to pull it up. It 
grew about 18 inches in heigh.t and kept growing 
the whole supmer. Last year it was tried at 
Drakesbrook in good soil, but planted very late. 
The roots have not gone down so deep as in the 
sand, but they are. strong aud have a fine hold of 
the ground. The grass grew over 2 feet high, 
although it was planted just at the beginning of 
the summer, and had very little rain to give it a 
fair start. I planted it at Claremont iu a better 
class of sandy soil, with.out manure, and, watered, 
it grew 3 feet 2 iiiches high in three months. I 
then cut it, and in 0 weeks it was over 2 feet 
high again. It had no rain or watering from Ihe 
titne of cutting. Some which I planted in the 
same kind of sand and did not water, grew 2 
feet9inches and after cutting, and still without 
water, it grew 2 feet 10 inches, and was quite 
green.-at the- end of the suuimer. Some sown in 
manured sandy soil and watered regularly, did 
not grow nearly as high, but threw out", more 
leaves and was inclined to become tussocky. In 
all cases as the two experimental stations and at 
