ON "MAKING IT PAY."

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 702, 30 December 1909, Page 8

ON "MAKING IT PAY."

- ' 1 MIXED FARMING. Vary attractive hgures havo been shown tto a 'Now Zealand Farmer" reporter by (Mr W N Adams of Pukokohe, as a result of last jear's operations in* mixed farming Tho ponoir taken is from August jto Angust The gross income was as Jfollons — £. s d £ s. d ' Chaff ... .„ 300 12 0 Omons 255 15 7 ' Potatoes 192 10 11 . 748 19 3 Poultry, and eggs , 90 10 0 J?ig3 and calves ' - . ■ifi 10 0 Milk .... \ „., . 250 i 7 r \ , . ' ' IJ3S 310 1 These figures ore continued by tho agent L who murketed tho produce The opeia'vtions last year comprised 40 acres of »ats (chaffed), 6 acres of potatoes, 3 acres (of onions, 13 acres of hay (of whichi a good balance still remains), and 22 dairy which earned ~11 7s each, beside r providiug milk for the calves and pigs In addition* to Mr Adams and his two i sons, outside labour was obtained at a cost of i.BO 'lhe potatoes and onions i wero manured at a rate of 16cwt per^ ilacro Tho manure consisted of equal paits of bonedust, snpei phosphate, and root manure The potatoes aro North-, em Stais, tho onions aro brown Spanish, uTilkd in early in August at the rate of 41b per acre of seed Tho onions are pulled during January and 1 ebruary, and allowed to lie on theigrouni. about fourteen days before bung marketed Storing onions had be9n tried without Blight does not trouble his Northern Star potatoes, but he says are Stars and Stars" / ' POTATO BUGHT. DREADNOUGHT BLIGHT PREVEN1A T \ G 'DISCOVERED IJ< JAMAICA, WESr INDIES, A saro remedy for the prevention of BLIGHT in POTATOES Can be used , for turnips and othei vegetables, flowers, etc, with great success Directions for using With potatoes 61b to bo dissolved in 25 gallons of water. No stock or stable manure to be used, but special manure for potatoes can bo used with ' advantage Cut the potato seed, and ' «oak for 24 hours Seed to be dry when | 1 ' planted. In badly-infoctod blight dis- , tricts, it is best not to cut tho seed, but plant wholo >If seed cut, dip m wood ash so as to thoroughly dry Ground not to bo m wet stato when planting potatoes If the crops are spiayed it will increase the produotion a hundredfold Can bo used for blight on turnips and other plants Soak for 4 hours and then i dry This celebrated spe"iflo was discovered 5a Jamaica man} years ago as tho result of investigations during failure of cr»<s owing to blight Tho inventor, a celebrated Analytical Chemist, left the re rope in the hands of his son, who his been most successful in curing* blight He has now loft New Zealand for JiiS home in tho West Indies, and has entrusted ni with the Sole Agcnoy for Australasia for this celobrateaT remedy Tor further particulars, as to price, etc, apply to DWAN BROS, Willis Street, Wellington.—Advt.