GRASSING GUMLANDS OF NORTH AUCKLAND
E. B. Glanville
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In past ages the kauri pine flnurished in many
parts of North Auckland, It is estimated that the kauri
took hundreds of years -50 mature, the trees stood closely
together and were of huge dimensions.
HARROWING OF PASTURES
J.W. Woodcock
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The practice of harrowing pastures appeared to gain
popularity about the year 1929 and almost coincided with the
introduction of the so-called "new system" of grassland management.
PASTURES FOR WET LAND
J. E. Bell
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In winter, low-lying lands alongside the
Waikato River are flooded with water, and show little
promise of the surprising change to luxuriant pasture
which comes with the summer and the fall in the waters of
the Waikato.
REHABILITATION OF DETERIORATED LAND IN THE WAIKATO
S. Smith
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This is the most serious problem facing the whole
of New Zealand, a much more difficult task than- the
handling of virgin land, as practically all this class
of country is heavily infested with weeds, particularly
gorse? blackberry and ragwort, Ragwort is the worst
since it is injurious to stock, This land is also nearly
all broken country difficult and expensive to handle, all
materials and labour being high in price and difficult to
procure.
REHABILITATION- DETERIORATED FARMS IN THE KING COUNTRY
A . B. Jordan
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The first ballot for Crown Lands held in the Te Kuiti
District was on the 30,/6/96 for the Paemako Settlement.
REVIEW OF TOPDRESSING IN THE AUCKLAND PROVINCE
P.W. Smallfield
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Topdressing is the basis of Auckland farming;
of the four million acres in sown grass in the North
Auckland and Auckland Land Districts, one and three--quarter
million acres were topdressed in 1937 and these topdressed
pastures produce the bulk of Auckland's butterfat and fat
stock farm production has followed the manure bag.
SOME ASPECTS OF EROSION OF FARM LANDS
N. H. Taylor
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With the realisation that the end of our virgin land
is now definitely in sight, we in ITew Zealand are becoming more
interested in the problems of land deterioration and soil conservation.
Among other questions we seek to learn what part
soil erosion plays in the deterioration of some of our farm lands.
SOME FUTURES OF CURRENT LAND UTILISATION
R. P. Connell
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An aim of this statement is to provide specific evidence
that the application of available knowledge relative to
the utilisation of our farm resources is far from being the
fullest possible and that the current trends are not always completely
reassuring ones.
TECHNIQUE OF TOPDRESSING EXPERIMENTS
P.S. Syme
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Perhaps the most important development in New
Zealand Agriculture during the last quarter of a century has
been the spectacular increase in pastoral products, Rapid
as advancement in this direction has been, it is claimed that
the set limit of production for New Zealand’s grass lands is
not yet even in sight, and the potential value of grass as a
crop is so far only dimly appreciated.
THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PASTURES ON PUMICE LANDS CARRYING SCRUB
C. S. Dalgliesh
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Volcanic ash showers, differing in ejecting material, and widely distributed by both air and water, form the pumice soils of the Central Plateau of the North Island.
THE RELATION OF PASTURE SPECIES TO QUANTITY AND
QUALITY OF MILK
Wm. Riddet
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It is remarkable in fact tragic, that although
wonderful strides have been made by plant breeding, plant
selection, manuring, soil management and pasture management
to substitute two blades of grass for one, little constructive
or organised effort has been made to relate the production of pasture to its true feeding value
WAIKATO PASTURES
H. E. Annett
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It would be difficult to find anywhere else in
the world -an area more favoured by nature for pasture
development than the Waikato
