Grow Your Own
O encourage vegetable growing in the home gardens of Auckland and Wellington in the coming spring, a "Dig for Victory" campaign has been inaugurated, and talks by experts are now being given from Stations 1YA and 2YA, 1ZB and 2ZB at 7.0 p.m. each -Thursday. Not every talk is actually delivered by its author, but the authors have been chosen to supply authoritative information on the problems of the vegetable gardener at the times when they are likely to present themselves. Ben Roberts, M.P., opened the campaign on July 15, and two experts (Dr L. I. Grange and T. W. M. Ashby), have already supplied talks on soil classification and compost. Further talks will continue until early in December, some topical, some general, and November 11 will be "Question Night." ; The talks scheduled for August are as follow: August 5: G. A. Aggett,, Vice-Regal te sear "Garden Environs, Shade, Shelter, etc.," and "The Adaptability of Soils ‘to Various August 12: I, D. Elliott (Dept. ‘of Agriculture): "Fertilisers." August 19: W. C. Hyde (Dept. of Agriculture) : "Varieties and Quantities of Seed Required to Maintain vaengr ag Supp apply. August 26: D. ritchard (Dept. of Agriculture ) : a of Sowing and Transplanting, Introducing Crop Rotation."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 215, 6 August 1943, Page 5
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