A SUMMARY OF THE NORTHBURN REGRASSING EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED BY THE LATE DR. L. COCKAYNE

Abstract

In 1918 the late Cr. L. ,Cockayne was appointed by the Department of Agriculture to undertake an economic investigation of our Montane tussock grassland, and members of this conference will in the.main be familiar with the extensive series of investigations which he conducted with a view:,to c,ollecting all the available knowledge of the tussbck areas of the South Island, and,investigating the problem of preventing the comparatively rapid deterioration which,through various causes, was yearly rendering these areas less productive.