In opening this session of four short talks on some aspects of Intensive Grasslands Farming, I feel that I cannot do better than to review the progress being made in the direction of improving first of all the grasslands themselves, and secondly, of irKproving the management of these grasslands in the direction of obtaining greater production per acre from them. The three papers to be read will, I believe, give you an indication of the capacity for high production of our grasslands and some idea of the methods by %hich this production can be obtained. The basis of improved production is shown to be the use, in the first instance, of the improved strains of grasses and more particularly of clovers which have been made available by research to our farmers. The method of improved production is shown to be a matter of stock management and manipulation of the grazing animal.
