WHEAT
Sir,—Regarding the production of wheat, critics do hot realise that a big deterioration of Canterbury soil hak taken place during the last 40 years. Therefore, the farmer cannot afford to devote his time and energies to wheatgrowing for a return of 15 to 25 bushels an acre. There are select areas which produce perhaps 60 and 70 bushels an acre, and fortunately they were responsible for maintaining an average of 37 bushels last season. On account of exposure and general abuse, causing erosion and soil washed out by flood, the wheat lands have become sickly and weed-ridden. To combat this the farmer applies a restorative or stimulant in the shape of fertiliser. This practice has only a temporary beneficial effect, as is evident; and unless farmers scrap the cultivator and use the roller instead, wheat-growing—like the growing of turnips and rape—will eventually be a practice of the past.—Yours, etc., EXPLORE. December 11, 1947.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25365, 12 December 1947, Page 3
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