WILL YOU EXPERIMENT?

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 1, Issue 94, 20 May 1913, Page 3

WILL YOU EXPERIMENT?

To Increase Your Crops. Branches of tha Farmers' Union throughout New Z aland sre now being offered special facilities for experiments 1 work, under the "plots" system controlled by Mr G. S. Bay lis. Government FielJs' Instructor. In a communication to the annual meeting of lha Pukekohe branch it wa9 stated: — "A method which La 3 been found to work well 18 for local branclus to select a few energetic men as an Experiment Committee. It is then for this Committee to s.lect suitable farmery in the district ta carry out ths experiment agreed npon, or, if preferred, to select a suitalla man to carry out on behalf of tha branch the entire group of the 'experiment decided upon by the committee. "It will also be the duty ot the committee to see that the work is properly carried out in the proper season, and that the details cf the scheme supplied ara fulfilled, 9 "The Experiment Committee will be made responsible for tha repnrt on tfcese experiments. SPRING SOWN CROPS.

Green Feed? —Maizs ia variey, Borghum, millets in variety, thousand beaded kala, fcuda kale, Jersey kale, cow cabbcge in VEriety, chcu moellier, rape in variety, silver beet, mixed forage crop Roots Mangolds in variety, swedes in variety, turnips in variety, kobl rabi, carrots in variety, potatoes in variety, helianti tubsrs Legumes Clovers in variety, pess in variety, beans, soya bean?, cow peas, lucerne. Cereals—Oats in variey, wheats in variety, barleys in variety. 2 AUTUMN SOWN CROPS. Oats in variety, barleys in variety, wheats in variety, ryecorn, grasses in several pare varieties, temporary pastures in fixture?, permanent pastures in mixturee.^ EARLY SPRING, AUTUMN, OR WINTEK. Renovation of eld pastures. Treatment of barren suils. miscellaneous. "Experiments regarding to the special treatment of refractory soil?, or soils usually considered worthless. "Experiments regarding the special growing, selecting and harvesting 01 various crops for seed purposes, not as yet grown for this purpose in New Zealand. "Experiments in the inoculation of soils known to be deficient in thoss Jprras of bictoria which form ncdules on tbe roots of pea a , beans, lucerne, etc., for tbe purpose of grcwicg such crops upon them. "Area of plots.—TLe experiments aie limited to small area 3 but of sufficient size to enable tbe smaller implements of the farm to ba con> venientlv bandied upon them. Conditions.—The scheme of the experiment: Manures and seeds sre supplied and landed free of cost at the nearest railway station ti the experimenter. Ihe farmer provides land and labour, etc., and the cr.ip grown .is the property of the farmer, undertakes to carry out the details of the scheme to his best ability, and to fill up aid s?nd in the report form supplied to him, at the conclusion of the experiment. fvote.—Branches defiling to experiment may select any one or more of the crops, or varieties of crops mentioned in the list." The local branch tavourtd the proposal.