Arizona republican., 1906-07-16

al successive cuttings of thirteen tons within the year. It is the backbone or mainstay of our farmers dairying in- dustry, which has assumed such im- mense proportions and has proved a great factor in bringing about an era of prosperity on the north coast, un- in the annals of dairying. To prove this assertionI may state that the North Coast operative Butter CO. which is owned and controlled by our farmers and which has been estab- ! Iished ten years, for the month of Jan uary, last, paid away to it's suppliers for cream and pork c 44,5O0 ($225,5O0) l or at the rate of half million pounds sterling per annum ($2.5OO,OO) Nearly all the cows from which the milk for this factory is obtained are most ex- clusively grazed on paspalum, and very few of them are either handled or housed during the winter months. The cows fetch from G8 ($4O) to G29l ($145) and springing heifers at about two years also realize from eS toe 10 per head, q do not know what this district would have done without it, especially during the very dry weather we experienced some time back. With regard to the quality of butter manu- factured from 1t. it is all that could be desired.'
 MT. c. F. Julius, secretary Dairy mems Union Bucca Creek, N. s. W. Government Gazette says: "This re- markable plant is quickly coming to| the forefront as grass peculiarly adapted to our uncertain climate. Be- ing a deep rooter. its properties as a drought resister alone proclaim it val uable. and while throughout the warm CT sessions of the year it surpasses all other grasses in the rapidity and abun- dance of its growth, light frosts fail to reduce it's evergreen state. It has proved most efficacious in the subju- gation and prevention of all noxious growth and by its propagation many lands hitherto deemed worthless in their rocky, hilIy. or swampy situa- tions have been tr.umphantIy reclaim ed"
 The April Government Gazette says: "Throughout the length and breath of the northern dairy districts paspaIum is regarded as the king of pasture grasses. and at present, it has no doubt every claim to such position"
 Mir. H. Munsey, of Dundas, N. S. w, says: "Paspalum is the grass that has revolutionized the dairying industry on the north coast. Scores of .in- stances can be quoted. showing that the capacity of farms has been doubled and trebled and it forms a dense mass of succuleft forage. Having spent over a month going through farms where this grass has been sown, I can safely recommend it's planting on a large scale. have seen farms where 100 head of dairy cattle have been kept all the year round on less than 100 acres of land giving splendid returns in milk and butter. This grass. if enclosed for a short period in the autumn. will pro- vide a good supply of feed for the win ter"
 MT. James King, president of the Tweed River Dairymen's union. says: "TO write of the merits of paspalum would require a newspaper
 This grass generally grows about five feet or six feet high, although it frequently attains nine feet or ten feet, and the seed is generally surface sown after any growth has been burnt off or fired at the rate of about ten UT fif- teen pounds to the acre, and within a few months if there is a fair rainfall, is several feet high. On cultivated land which has been worked very fine the seed should be surface sown also, in the spring and summer months. and when the pasture is well established on moderately rich soiIs it should carry one bullock per acre. For pig feed this grass is also eminently suitable, and a few acres should carry from fifty to 100 head if assisted with a small quaD- tity of skinned milk or other feed. It is highly spoken of by all, who have used 1t for this purpose. Tn conclu- sion. MT. Editor, and thanking you in