GOOD CROPS OF ROOTS.
' The - poor season experienced - for - Swedo ;turnips (writes.our Wairarapa correspondent) is 'possibly.,responsiblfi for the! newspaper publicity which has been givon to crops'which are above tho .average: In addition ■to ;Mr. ' R. Tilson's Ponatahi• field, a, remarkably fine crop has beon;,'grown'by. Mr. T. Inglej',- but the pick-of tho lot, so jar, in the. South Wairaripa is the",crop of Messrs. Morison Bros., bf "Glen Morgan," on tho banks,, of the Ruamahanga, ' between; Morrison's Bush and Martinborough!'.' Tho field planted comprises only ■22 acres, b'ut-! tho' : turnips - generally - are , of a large size:,'!.. Sonae .are-as -big- as footballs ' and from; observation one would estimate '. the 'yiel.d'V-at- fu11y,.60 tons'-per. acre. No manure "was used, out tiio land,';hko ; that of Mr.' E.' H.'Buekeridge at Kokotau, farther up the,river, is composed of rich silt,, and is wonderfully tpr.olifjci•• : - ':
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 260, 27 July 1908, Page 3
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136GOOD CROPS OF ROOTS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 260, 27 July 1908, Page 3
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