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Taranaki Daily News, 31 August 1918, Page 5

PROFITABLE GARDENING J

£9OO WORTH FROM AN ACRE. j| How £9OO worth' of foodstuff waj ptCK" duced from one acre of land wag ex- ;■ plained at Walton-on-Thames Tribunal;) recently when an exemption was grant- .1 ed to an expert at the Local 'lntensive ■ Gardens. There is no doubt that ■won-'-derful returns per acre can he obtain-, ed by careful cultivation of land plant" 1 ed with vegetables. For instance, pound of parsnip, ( Carrot, Sweae, <Hjjj similar seed, costing ibut a few ahilitngty',! with suitable soil and good cultivKtffflty'? should produce about ten tons of food-$ stuff. This, even at one penny ,per;) pound (which is not nearly the vaiua)."H equals £93 in value. Smaller jjTeajpJl should show even better results in pro- X portion. It is of course important thstf| the seeds sown should be the best pro-' cura/bla—strong in growth and leavjijj cropping selections. These are the features of Cooper's "Seeds of Success," which are grown as far as possible in.", New Zealand from their own pedigrwjf stocks.

You cannot afford to waste youfcS ground and your time. In brief, yon. cannot afford to be without Cooper's • * Seeds at sowing time. For instance,'/; Cooper's N.Z. grown Mangel headed u the list of nineteen lots of mangels pni- , cured for trial from the principal si>cd_. merchants in all parts of the woHiVr The crop was over 71 tons prr acre., This trial was conducted by the De*, partment of Agriculture at Momnahaka. (see report in Journal of Agriculture,jm 21st August, 1916, on paee 141) Ko"*.,J thing but the best will satifclv u-, Tf ~ you want to sow the "Seeds of insist on having Cooper's scciN, hut b«;;5 sure that they are Cooper's seeds. Pto-<f curable from seedsmen and merchants in practically every townsliip in New - Zealand. F. Cooper, Ltd:,'* Wellington ■' (Largest growers of seels in Austra- j| lasia). Gls. I*

5' .Recruiting for the South African In-i'jj fantry Brigade in France is still being . maintained very satisfactory. General J Botha in a speech at the Estconrt Agrk'l cultural Show gave some figuies, miow- , ing the number of men. that the Union J has sent on war service, not those who have gone "on their own" fat " service in Imperial units. South Africa 1 ' has sent oversea to France and i'aicstino *j •20,000 men; 37,000 went to German EasL '; Africa; 7000 served in the Boer Rebellion and in the campaign m bermßH ■ South West Africa; and 4000 have gone'a to Nynssal.and, which borders on German.' East Africa, and from which base fine general, Brigadier Northey—now -v Major-General—started. Several thou®- ?■ and. men have rejoined Imperial and v other units. Roughly, 90,000 men have attested in South Africa for the vai * "THE BEST CALF FOOD I HAVE EVER USED." -M When a well-known dairy faimer like Mr. Robert Highet of Clacdeboye,!;'% near Temuka, wrtes: "After many years' experience with calves I must - | say that 'CEREMILK' is the best calf , -| food I have ever used," you may ba sure his advice is well worth following. "CEREMILK-"' saves time. Therms no bother—no trouble. Kmplv stir "CEREMILK" into warm vis tor Lei j the whole stand until feedin l ,' time and mix with skim milk or whey as re- -,*3 quired. Made from N. Z's. finest ctjreals by a firm with a quarter century's experience, with four large mills and *3l intimate knowledge "CEREMILK'' as fine as flour, mid is superior ju :Jg every essential to any similar food _in the world. At All stores and factories. ■f|

Blankets are expensive, hut a few shillings -will'buy size ' i Uuique ,r Eot' Water Bottle you want. The product of British l - : ■■"■■"""'