TURNIP MANURES.
RESULT OF EXPERIMENT. A few mamirial experiments with, turnips and swedes -were carried out by the Agricultural Department last season, but owing to the ravages of blight and rot, especially among the soft turnips, it was difficult to obtain very definite results, as in all eases the crops were damaged, and in many completely destroyed. Among many other trials were'the following: —Mr Brechin, of Pahiatua, applied small dressings of the following manures by themselves when sowing turnips, with the results stated: No manure yielded 481b of roots per plot; Basic slag yielded 781b of roots per plot; Sulphate of potash yielded 701b of roots per plot; Bonedust yielded 1011b of roots per plot; No. 3 manure yielded 781b of roots per plot; Complete turnip fertiliser yielded 104 lb of roots per plot; Nitrate of soda yielded 221b of roots per plot.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10208, 8 April 1911, Page 5
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143TURNIP MANURES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10208, 8 April 1911, Page 5
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