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BEETS HELP AGRICULTURE.
An explanation of the improvement of European agriculture in recent years has been sought, and in Germany it fe attributed to soil stimulants from beet culture From the books of eight scattered estates where beets have been grown for sugar, Dr. Liiienthal finds an increase in the yield of wheat of 595 bushels per acre ; rye, 1.59 ; barley 6.51; and oats, 5.77. Cattle have increased, and the net income has been raised by as high as 70 per cent. F
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 28 August 1914, Page 2
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83BEETS HELP AGRICULTURE. Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 28 August 1914, Page 2
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