Super for Top-dressing Advocated by the Director of Fields Division, Department of Agriculture (Excerpt from recent speech of Mr. A. H. Xy~‘ COCKAYNE, Director Fields Division of the Department of Agriculture. Repro- g W duced from “N.Z. Herald,” Auckland.) 8 Mr. Cockayne stated that experiments in top- I A J w. dressing had been carried out longer in the g| Waikato than in any other part of the Do- g jK | minion, where ‘it had been definitely proved g | that Lime and Super was the best fertiliser j < v t 0 UBe -’ I He further stated that on soils of poorer quality slow-acting phosphate gave better results. This statement by one of the most prominent agricultural authorities in Nev/ Zealand, stresses what all progressive farmers realise—the necessity for top-dressing, and moire especially the outstanding superiority of highgrade Super. In the official test conducted by the Department of Agriculture at Te Kuml near Te Kuitl, it has been shown that Superphosphate and Superphosphate with Lime surpass any other fertilisers for top-dressing. Super 44/46% is manufactured in New Zealand from Nauru/Ocean Phosphate. You can procure supplies from ell Merchants and Storekeepera ; or direct from the manufacturers SUPERS
f Substantial Reductions I Primos “Eclipse” I Before placing their If 11 | orders, farmers are & 'W® W 3 advised to write to — | 0 The Price Liat of ‘Eclipse* Fertilizers la i now published and shows substantial . P | reductions, ranging up to 10/- per ton. ' ■ THE NEW ZEALAND REFRIGERATING COY. I I LTD. I I Auckland Sales Agency; H. E. Gilleapie, Representive, P.O. Bom 533, I W. Auckland. Telegrams : " HEG. Auckland.** t J iimill■! ill' mimii mi I—r rniiminanillllll■lll■^^■m
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5103, 21 March 1927, Page 4
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273Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5103, 21 March 1927, Page 4
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