TRANSPLANTING WHEAT
INVENTION IN GERMANY. GREAT INCREASE IN YIELD. LONDON, Feb. 17. The Daily News says the Minister of Agriculture, Mr Walter Guinness, will shortly witness a Gorman method of transplanting wheat by machinery, which has for a long time been practised at Mecklenburg, The seed is sown in favourable soli and is ready for transplanting in three weeks, owing to the more rapid germination. The transplanting machine is either drawn by horso or motor-driven, opens tho furrow and drops in the plants at intervals, usually a foot, but which can be adjusted. The rate is 12,000 plants an hour, and it is claimed that the method increases the yield four-fold. The grain is one-third heavier than the grain obtained by orthodox methods.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6544, 28 February 1928, Page 2
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123TRANSPLANTING WHEAT Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6544, 28 February 1928, Page 2
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