HIGH COUNTRY GRASSLANDS IN NEW ZEALAND: Their Characteristics and Problems

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  • L.P. Chapman

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33584/jnzg.1956.18.1057

Abstract

From the farming point of view the high country of the South Island of New Zealand is generally taken to mean all the high native grassland devoted to the growing of wool and store stock and subject to risk of Slidui. This covers some 12 million acres of country with a great variety of topography, climate, and soils, Rainfalls range from 1%. in the arid regions of Otago to over 100in. in the heavy rainfall areas close to the main ranges, and soils and vegetation vary accordingly. The winter is long and the growing season short, a maximum of 6 months in most districts.

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1956-01-01

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