mjit 1 j paddock lie fallow, and reaping an extra six to eight weeks’grazing income. -g I*l ■ A choice between the risk of bad fnp r»1 rjri CnQi weather delaying your planting, and the v absolute certainty of a rainfast herbicide. Here now is your chance to come face Ml t-ll VF> JL to face with your cultivation costs. Thke a _ time to com P^ ete is schedule — it y <_>Ll ■ could save you more time and money J than you thought possible. MY TRADITIONAL CULTIVATION COSTS ‘ No. of hectares of pasture I intend to cultivate Hours I spend cultivating (probably about 7 per s Jr ' hectare) , My total tractor running costs $ B < /z (60-BOhp @ $17.35 per hour: 90hp @ $29.80 per - Jlp hour; 150hp@ $44.13 per hour)* , Time lost to other projects would be worth ••••[$ Wilb flt J ' Lost is costin S me $ p (@ $ per ewe per week / . $ per lamb per week) L_... z - i ' Willfe ? my total traditional cultivation cost is $ , ~ L —————- 1 I V ' fßife 10S5 Lincoln College Financial Budget It’s not easy breaking with - •-W ■ tradition. But if your own tWes give you a fright, give . Spraygrowatiy. More than a thousand farmers have found it does the y t ‘ to? same job as a six week fallow in just a few days. Illilßl k works fast, letting you \ cultivate straightaway (though ' ■ ■ y.' '.."'vOSl for best results we suggest In the old days it wasn’t hard to justify waiting several days). the time you spent cultivating. It makes the soil more friable so it needs It was that or no crop. Simple. End of fewer passes. argument. And on top of all that, Spraygrow is But since 1983, standing (or rather rainfast. You can actually spray between sitting) on tradition hasn’t been so easy. showers. That year we gave you Spraygrow, then Spraygrow cultivation. It’s just the and now the only herbicide made excuse you need to get down off that tractor, especially for spray cultivation. ypy And with Spraygrow we gave you ■ wWI. something else. A choice. opr<tygAWV% A choice between weeks of tedious @ ICI New Zealand Limited cultivation, and slashing your tractor ■ i Spraygrow can be used in spray cultivation for the establishment .of wheat. 1 •»Y*O Tf>V TnP VPQI ill barlev. oats. peas, maize, turnips, swedes, green feed oats. kale. rape, tama IlUlHu IUJL U.IV IVO LULL. and green feed maize. For full details write to Spraygrow Product Manager. " 1 . 1 i 1 ii . ICI Tasman Ltd. Private Bag. Upper Hutt. ' V-''?g A choice between letting your POISON — keep out of the reach of children. . f t A 1 _ . X . ¥
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