Mechanised Maize Pickers
Speaking at a meeting of the Tauranga branch of Federated Farmers (Auckland Province) Mr R. W. Dunning (sub-provincial president) referred to the current belief that mechanical maize pickers'had prov- ! ed a failure. He" understood that this had not been the case, and that provided a sufficiently powerful tractor was employed, the machines were ad justed to the correct tension and the crop was planted by a method suited to the machine mechanical pickers were quite successful. The crop would have to be reasonably free from weeds.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BPB19470212.2.17
Bibliographic details
Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 93, 12 February 1947, Page 4
Word Count
89Mechanised Maize Pickers Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 93, 12 February 1947, Page 4
Using This Item
Beacon Printing and Publishing Company is the copyright owner for the Bay of Plenty Beacon. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Beacon Printing and Publishing Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.