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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21376, 19 January 1935, Page 8

CROSS-DRILLING TURNIP CROPS WITH SUPER j Ihe results from cross-drilling j Turnip Crops with Super are so advantageous that the practice is Canterbury every year. The extra [ cultivation assists in checking weeds : and, in combination with the fer- . tiliser, sends the crop away with a healthy vigorous growth that increases both the volume and the feeding value of the crop. During dry seasons when turnip crops are backward, cross-drilling has often made all the difference between a good crop and a failure. One prominent farmer recently stated—" I have cross-drilled my Turnips with I Super for a number of years now, I and am satisfied that it pays me to do so. In fact, I look upon it as being just as important as good cultivation and using good seeds. It pays me better in an adverse season when yields are low than in a good season when yields are good, but I do it every year just the same. I mix Super and Carbonate of Lime in equal proportions and sow 2 bags per acre of the mixture with the seed. I later cross-drill with 1 bag of Super per acre." The general practice is to crossdrill through every coulter (with the coulters in the ground) using 1 bag (licwt.) of Super per acre, borne farmers are using to advantage 2cwt. or more per acre and on heavier soils and in districts of higher rainfall the heavier applications give handsome returns and are recommended. The cross-drill-ing is usually done when the crop s from two to five indies high and