GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2009, 17 March 1914, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

At the meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association on Saturday last, votes of thanks wove passed to tlie police for tho manner in which they had controlled at the last show: /to the stewards and judges; and to the stock-receiving committee. At a meeting of directors of the Masterton Co-operative Dairy Company on Saturday last, the secretary reported a substantial increase in the supply of milk compared with last year. HBNDEBSON'S FUNGICIDE. "Henderpson's Fungicide" is a name as yet little known to Now Zealand proplo, but its undoubted worth shoulif vcry soon make it a household word. It is an inveulion by a well-known New Plymouth gardener, and is guaranteed to make an effective fight against all the perils that beset plant life. Mr. shows on the" ground about three dozen plants grown from slips oft' diseased tomato plants and treated with the fungicide, and the result is complete freedom from blight or auy other disease whatever. Soma of the plants are laden with tomatoes, and these plants show the great growth of Gft. or more for 3 months 18 days. The younger slips are from 9 days to "21 days old, aud are well over a foot in height. The exhibit is quite one of the most interesting on the. ground. Although as yet Mr. Henderson is confining his attention to tomatoes, he expects to obtain equally good results in the future from treatment of potatoes.*

The. world exacts from yon its toll of worry aud work—there's no need for you to add to it. Make things as easy as you cun—"Victor" Vats lighten labour and help increase the quality of the cheese. "Victor" Vats have that sloping bottom which caused such a sensation in the cheese-making world. Every factory should have "Victor" Vats, they are built for efficiency and satisfaction. Write for particulars." Albert J. Parton, Plumber, Carterton.—Advt. '