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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18364, 23 April 1925, Page 11

"ROCKLAND" Superphosphate costing produces increases worth £2 17s. per a Roughly a clear profit of £2 10s. per a due alone to "ROCKLAND" Superphosph On 200 acres this represents £SOO. 7/3 ? Those extra bushels over and above the normal yield of wheat per acre that make all the difference |o profits from wheat growing, can be secured by using sufficient "Rockland" in "the figures belov/ of the Official Wheat Manure Tests for 1924-25, the results obtained from the application of 1 cwt. ~ of "Rockland" Superphosphate per acre are most gratifying, it will not be long before the attention of farmers will be given to increasing the quantity applied to the acre. This contention is supported by Mr A. E. V. Richardson, Superintendent of Agriculture, Victoria, who says:— "They had tried experimental plots with I,l£, and 2 ' "cwt. of Superphosphate per acre, and their tests were not "only for one year, but for a ten years' period. There"the soil, the heavier dressings were far "than light applications. Furthermore, with the heavier "dressings the residual fertility is far greater." That is to say, if 1 cwt. of "Rockland" Superphosphate increasesvthe yield 9 bushels per acre, and an additional cwt. of Superphosphate increases the yield a further 3 bushels (making the total increase due to "Rockland" Superphosphate 12 bushels), then the application of 2 cwt. of "Rockland" Superphosphate is both justified and highly profitable. Results—Official Tests Using lewt of ."Rockland" FARMER F. CARPENTER W. & A. CHAMPION J. FOSTER F. CARPENTER LOCALITY Prebbleton Prebbleton Ladbrooks Prebbleton INCREASE ACRE Superphosphate Per Acre YIELD IN BUSHELS INCRI ■-=■•■-■* PER ACRE £ Without • With Super 41.2 49.3 8. 2&9 38.3 9.44.7 51.0 6.J 32;9 .-..:..■ 43.7 IOJ These results show the average increase per acre to be 8.65 bushels. Valuing; this increase at a conservative price of 6s. 6d. a bushel, the increase resulting from the nse of 7s. 3d. worth of "Rockland" Superphosphate is £2 17s. per acre. "ROCKLAND " Superphosphate is procurable through all Stock and Station Agents and Produce Merchants. Manufacturers: Kempthorne, Prosser & Co.'s New Zealand Drug Coy. Ltd. High Street, Christchurch m* <mm AKES WHEAT GROWING PROFITABLE