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Why Glean became NZ’s biggest selling cereal weedkiller in just one year. Russell McDonald, Dipton, Southland Gerald Pemberton, Geraldine, South Canterbury Paul Griffiths, Tai Tapu, Canterbury CI changed to Glean because of the timing C Glean covered almost all my weed Cln the 1983-84 season I decided to try of application -1 could spray early, meaning problems - I’m very happy with the results Glean on half of my cereal crops. Il seemed to no tyre marks an the crops. Having my own and I’ve not seen any crop damage from offer some advantages over conventional spray rig meant I could get my spraying done spraying. I saw it as a new generation of herbicides, most of all the pre-emergence better and by using the lower water rates it cut chemical because it’s so compact and safe to control as well as the post-emergence of a wide application time in half. As far as actual use. When getting other people to use a range of weeds. weed control went, I found it to be a pretty chemical who may not realise haw hazardous The control was amazing. Wet summer good chemical in a tough wet year. In a some chemicab are, it makes you happy they conditions and late harvesting caused fresh normal year results would be very good. are using Glean because it’s safe. I can put weed strikes in crops sprayed with other weed Handling Glean is easy too. The small size of enough chemical in the glove or toolbox to do herbicides. Crops sprayed with Glean the chemical container compared with 20 litre 40 or 50 hectares. The low water rate remained almost weed free. Glean is cost cans of conventional chemicab. Safety with application meant more hectares to the tank competitive with other herbicides but much Glean being a rum hormone was useful. I and ease of measuring and mixing was great. safer to handle and more convenient to apply found Glean cost competitive and am I intend to use Glean on the bulk of my cereal as it mixes with most other chemicab i.e. ' definitely using it again. ? spraying programme thb year. J fungicides, insecticides and wild oat control. " 'I 111 With the early application time, it b possible , !jl| to almost eliminate wheel marks, thus |l> 111 fflfl improving the yield and'even up'the til maturity. • - rAij seastm TH be using Glean over my entire crop. 5 In just one year since its .• < Glean is also easier to apply than introduction, Glean has become New the rest. Zealand’s biggest selling cereal crop One 20°g P t^ie s ' ze a > herbicide, by far. shoebox, will treat 10 hectares. For good reason. And Glean’s low toxicity makes it Glean controls over 25 different I less harmful to use than common weed species. That’s more than table salt, any other cereal weedkiller. I fl Glean is cost competitive too. Just Glean can also be applied earlier Ifl one application gives season long than conventional cereal herbicides Ifl control, for pre-emergence and fl||jflflfl j o jn hundreds of New post-emergence control, removing I- {fl Zealand cereal crop growers who in weeds before they start to compete ,"0, B vfflß fl just one year have been sold on with the crop. Later germinating Glean, weeds are controlled through soil ■■flli Because it works. activity. Am^joraxh^iicementiiieeißaleiupwee<icontiDl.(§njnHi ) • - . C 89748 . ■' J • i ISSESSSa J Kiiul. .iIIUH KiiiS—l. ...SiiiiiliUWillliWitaiiiii ’ ••“ lli “*i®iSaix. ■jaijl Miiii "■JM M™fl Hilßl /iBBJIiF/ A ' ■ u IHrj,i;;;:;:-;- 1 .'l""jiniiinHitmn. ■ : ; ujMg'f 11 To earn up to i^ 1 ®B BFWW per annum for 2 years. 1 3 6 12 18 24 36 AMOUNTS AT CALL MONTH MONTHS MONTHS MONTHS MONTHS MONTHS MONTHS sYoSoo 10.5 11.0 12.0 13.75 15.0 16.0 16.5 16.5 Minimum application: At Call securities $5OO, otherwise $2OO. Applications for first charge debenture stock and unsecured notes shall be accepted only on an application form issued with the Prospectus registered 20 June 1984 ana available from any UDC office, district agent, branch of the ANZ Banking Group (NZ) Ltd, or member of the NZ Stock Exchange. Fib: The Investment Manager I I UDC Group Holdings Limited ■ P.O. Box 2048 I ■ Christchurch | | Please send me your Prospectus. s _ Name — —— — ■ I Address — —— —-— ■ I —I .. | Phoenix House, 76 Hereford St, Christchurch. Tel 67-559 i | __ __ ___ DWME/0428/CP_| — 4 jp.. UDC Holdings Limited

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Press, 16 August 1984, Page 6

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Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 Press, 16 August 1984, Page 6

Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 Press, 16 August 1984, Page 6

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