GROWING OF TURNIPS,
TROUBLE WITH THE FLY. While the dry autumn had the effect of greatly decreasing the production on most farms, one Kiwitahi farmer, with the liberal feeding out of soft turnips, maintained his production to such an extent that last week his herd was still giving more than half the quantity that they were producing at the flush of the season. Talking about the sowing of turnips, this man stated he had found that, by sowing thickly and weeding out after a good growth had been maifitained, the crop- withstood the ravag-es of the fly. He knew of many young crops which had been destroyed by the fly, but by sowing the seed about twice as thickly as under ordinary circumstances he believed that a great deal of tills trouble would be eliminated.
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Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 132, 13 May 1926, Page 6
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135GROWING OF TURNIPS, Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 132, 13 May 1926, Page 6
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