FARM AND DAIRY.
STRATFORD EXPERIMENTAL FARM. MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE. At the monthly meeting of*the Experimental Farm Committee Mr. J. W. Deem presided over a small attendance of the executive.* Apologies for absence owing to prior engagements were received from Messrs. W. H. Mere, E Martell and M. T. Phillips. The management reported for the month that 51 cows were, being milked, the quantity of imilk yielded Wing 7>3,8651b5. For the first period the test was 3.7, and for the second and third periods 3.8. The balance of the mangold paddock was drilled according to plan, .ind about 2% acres were sown with oats, grass and peas. The mangold paddock for the coming year was well in hand as regards cultivation, and field No. 1 .vas being ploughed. The south side of the bush behind the pig paddock had been planted with pine and gum trees. The report was adopted. The seeds and manure estimate for October was £2O.
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 October 1922, Page 8
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159FARM AND DAIRY. Taranaki Daily News, 21 October 1922, Page 8
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