NEW ZEALAND'S FRUIT AREA.
OVER-MANURING A COMMON FAULT.
During the course of a recent address, Mr. T. AY. Kirk, 'Director of the Orchards Division of the Agricultural Department, stated that the total area laid out in fruit in New Zealand was 53.539 acres, being an increase of 1)35 acres during the past year. A common fault of the. small grower, which frequently ruined his crop. Mr. Kirk said, was over-manuring. This was equivalent to over-feeding a child and giving "it. indigestion. "Manuring should be strictly regulated. During the same address, Mr. Kirk suggested the establishment of central pack-ing-houses to aggregate the different lines of fruit. These would he analogous to the dairy factories, and would enable the fruit-growers who wero unable to supply demands for all classes of fruits to take the produce of their orchards to a central depot, which would pack, grade, and distribute it in a way that would be impossible to the small grower.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1371, 23 February 1912, Page 8
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158NEW ZEALAND'S FRUIT AREA. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1371, 23 February 1912, Page 8
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