The Farm.

Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 12, 17 June 1893, Page 11

The Farm.

TRIAL OF TURNIP MANURES. In the course of an article on turnip growing in Waikaka Valley, the Mataura Ensign •of a recent date wrote : The chief feature ■of the day’s inspection 'was that of Mr Fleming’s experimental plot with seven different manures. The land was uniform in quality, and the sensible plan was adopted of applying each stuff at the same value per acre 1 , viz., Its 2d. Four practical men were put on the job, to adjudicate on the relative positions of the lots, the manures used not being declared till after the decisions were given in ; the results of first arid second were unanimously agreed on, and the others nearly so, and witli Mr Fleming's sanction the manures arc mentioned below in 'the order of merit : 1. Lawcs’ turnip manure 2. Sydney bones :>. Dunedin turnip fertilizer •I. Indian bones (Ward) 5. Dunedin rough bones 6. Malden Island guano, and Last, Common salt. The whole of the other 60 acres had about cwt. per acre of bones and Coral Queen guano half and half, and this mixture held its own well with the best of them. To the bones and Coral Queen guano an addition of ■common salt was made, which was not considered to be of any benefit. The chief result goes in favour of the well established rule that soluble phosphate is the first con* stituent in a turnip manure.