TURNIP-CROPPING EXPERIMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 884, 2 August 1910, Page 8

TURNIP-CROPPING EXPERIMENTS.

;;;'':v;¥ ;TEIALS.-?AT PAHIATUA; ; : y : 'v ~'.' i:- vlhe results ./■pi . ttie-.'swede'.' turnip ■:{ ~ flianurial .trials /''conducted a{. ; PaWatua ■ ;■;■.; ■:■" some .months ■ ago by . the Department of - '■'„) Agriculture; are hand (says' the /Tahia- .;.■■■■;■ J tna: Herald"). : :.'.. , -y---..- .v.. '■:■,.-. ';•■■■:-. : '' ),--.^.j:-,,■ ' V'-■■With.: regard Xα. the '.'trial: oh , the farm ' of Mr. J. G. Brechin, Pahiatua,: Mr. G. < ':■ 'de \S. ißaylis,/-Government■-.'Fields .•'•ln- , - • : ; " etructor, 'says-that' owing,to a' misunderr •.; standing; the manures. sent were.; applied ■ - i.-.-wrpngly,': that- is to .say, ~-without' being ■ ■ v; ', mixed ; with others .as was. ■ - .:•.'• '■'/."■ The results obtained from small plots ; v".were v as follow:—(1) No manure, yielded ■•'•-' 4SIb. of roots per'plot; (2),N0;.3 manure,. ; p. , 781b.; (3), basic slag;- , 781b.;.. : (i) mixed -,■-''; tnrnip manure, lOilb.; (5) sulphate , of ■.: ;■ potash, 701b.;' (6) nitrate" 'of soda, 221b. ; . : ?r (7) .boriedust," 1011b. ' Tho'results/ Mr. ;.:.; Bay 11s considers, are interesting,, in that \;,y: they i show'the large' amount of .increasp ~. ')■ obtained when : anything: approaching a ■:;■.. somewhat, complete, manure /is ; giveii. :. , '.■;'., ;■■: As' considerable • care had - been \ taken \'; ; :,in-putting :the":plots in, it is to bo re- .. gretted, , he says, that the original'scheme .'•i , of J the experiments was * not; carried. out. ';;' Tt wpnld appear that,:-with .thelexceptibn :, : of '.nitrate, of 'soda, -every .manure used, K :: las; met .with, response, and 'therefore >; the.'conclusions, are that' a : "complete . ; : ,'suited 'to ;. the ,turnip,-, as.-used •'/■; in plot, four,'jfor instance,' will give .the .'.; best results upoii. this.'soil.; ■■'■ ii. . .