{"title":"SOME EFFECTS OF SHEEP URINE ON PASTURE","authors":"W. Dale","doi":"10.33584/jnzg.1961.23.1124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33584/jnzg.1961.23.1124","url":null,"abstract":"A good deal of study into the effects of stock excrement on pastures has been carried out by Sears and his co-workers ( 1942, 1948, 1953), and Doak (1952) has investigated chemical changes in sheep urine. Little recent work, however, has been published on certain aspects of naturally voided sheep urine. This paper sets out some preliminary observations of the effects of sheep urine on pasture and its influence on soil test.","PeriodicalId":261810,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1961-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128841908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"FARMING IN THE BAY OF PLENTY","authors":"A. Allo, S. Hewitt","doi":"10.33584/jnzg.1961.23.1137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33584/jnzg.1961.23.1137","url":null,"abstract":"We are confining our definition of the Bay of Plenty to the land covered by the Tauranga, Whakatane, and Opotiki Counties. It comprises a narrow coastal strip extending from Athenree, near Katikati in the north to Cape Runaway in the south-east, and is bounded inland by low ranges of hills rising up to 1,500 ft. The topography varies from easy rolling to hilly, with two large areas of swamp, one centred on Te Puke and the other, the Rangitaiki Plains, near Whakatane","PeriodicalId":261810,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1961-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121845191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MODERN TRENDS IN GRASSLAND FARMING","authors":"L. Wallace","doi":"10.33584/jnzg.1961.23.1130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33584/jnzg.1961.23.1130","url":null,"abstract":"In viewing the problem set me by the executive of this SSoocciieettyy -- to provide a talk on modern trends in grassland farming-l found myself faced with formidable difficulties. The canvas is so huge, the picture so complex, and my knowledge so limited that I do not feel able to do justice to a subject which could be adequately covered only by contributions from a large number of specialists. All that I can hope to do in the course of the 20 minutes available to me is to give a very personal view of the present situation of grassland farming and of the new factors, knowledge, and techniques that must be given proper consideration if it is to continue to develop satisfactorily.","PeriodicalId":261810,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1961-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122189649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"FARM MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AS AN AID TO PASTURE IMPROVEMENT ON STEEP GREYWACKE HILL COUNTRY","authors":"I. Currie","doi":"10.33584/jnzg.1961.23.1131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33584/jnzg.1961.23.1131","url":null,"abstract":"The Soil Bureau tells me that there are at least eight million acres of greywacke derived soils in New Zealand. The greywacke clay hills form one of the oldest and largest soil groups in the country. In the Raglan County alone they account for about 91,000 acres or a sixth of the county area. As an Advisory Officer appointed in that district I soon became acquainted with the typical thin, dark grey topsoil formed over a weathered, sticky yellow subsoil. Well watered, but hard baked in summer, greasy in winter, these hills, with their characteristics of steepness, low natural fertility, and steady reversion to second growth, had proved the most difficult class of land to handle, and as such they offered a real challenge to the property owner and to myself as the new adviser.","PeriodicalId":261810,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1961-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117259952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"FERTILITY REQUIREMENTS OF PASTURES AND THEIR DIAGNOSIS","authors":"T. Walker","doi":"10.33584/jnzg.1961.23.1129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33584/jnzg.1961.23.1129","url":null,"abstract":"The basic aim in an efficient system of pastoral farming must be the highest possible sustained yields of animal products consistent with the maintenance and improvement of soil fertility. This involves the maximum production of dry matter of the right quality. This paper does not deal exhaustively with quality, but it is necessary to remind ourselves that quantity and quality are not necessarily highly correlated. Both yield and quality of dry matter depend on the soil, climate, herbage species and strains, stock and pasture management and fertiliser applications.","PeriodicalId":261810,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association","volume":"116 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1961-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127990298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"LAND DEVELOPMENT POSSIBILITIES IN SOUTHLAND","authors":"G. J. Watt","doi":"10.33584/jnzg.1960.22.1123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33584/jnzg.1960.22.1123","url":null,"abstract":"An eminent writer has said \"Opinions must be judged like coins, by their metal and not by their superscription.\" If therefore the title of this address appears presumptuous to you, as it certainly does to me, let us pass it by and concentrate on the metal, in the hope that it will in some measure bear scrutiny.","PeriodicalId":261810,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1960-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115470357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE SOILS OF SOUTHLAND AND THEIR POTENTIAL USES","authors":"E. Cutler","doi":"10.33584/jnzg.1960.22.1122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33584/jnzg.1960.22.1122","url":null,"abstract":"The pedologist should concern himself not only with mapping and classification of soils; he should examine the use to which soils are put and the changes that take place under varying kinds of use or misuse. The soil survey is only the starting point; it shows the physical, chemical and genetic characteristics of soils, their distribution and relationship to environment.","PeriodicalId":261810,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1960-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128382601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"METHODS OF CUTTING PASTURE FOR SILAGE","authors":"H. Hopewell","doi":"10.33584/jnzg.1960.22.1119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33584/jnzg.1960.22.1119","url":null,"abstract":"With the advent of the forage harvester, several changes in the accepted practice of silagc making become possible if these can be shown to be justified. For instance, it would be a simple matter with most machines to adjust them to cut higher above the ground, or again instead of waiting for the sward to attain silage height it-would-befeasibletotakese_veral cuts over the same period when the pasture reached an optimum height. Or another approach would be to use it to \"top\" after lenient grazings and in this way gather the material required as silage","PeriodicalId":261810,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1960-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117039547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"FARMING PROBLEMS OF SOUTHLAND AND PROGRESS IN RECENT YEARS","authors":"W. Faithful","doi":"10.33584/jnzg.1960.22.1121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33584/jnzg.1960.22.1121","url":null,"abstract":"In 1863 a surveyor, a Mr A. Tuckett, was sent south in search of a settlement for the Church of Scotland. He came as far as what is now Bluff, sailed into the Oreti estuary, and apparently looked with disfavour at the land on which Invercargill now stands. He reported that it was a mere bog totally unfit for human habitation.","PeriodicalId":261810,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1960-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123986173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"LUCERNE-GRASS MIXTURES","authors":"N. Cullen","doi":"10.33584/jnzg.1960.22.1114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33584/jnzg.1960.22.1114","url":null,"abstract":"The sowing of a grass with lucerne is not a common practice in the south and is confined largely to the drier districts of Canterbury, Marlborough, and Otago.","PeriodicalId":261810,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1960-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134266152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}