RUAKURA'S WORK.
. DISPLAYS FOR DUNEDIN AND : , " ■ PALMERSTON. . ' • A. TRIUMPH IN-SUGAR BEETS! The '.lluatura osperiraerital rfarm .is to borepresented .with, a largo display at the Dun-" edin and Manawatu, ..Winter Shows (tolefraphs • a special Dominion correspondent), 'he oxhibit-left-the.farm; on Thursday, and was to be forwarded South in the Mahono : f?om. Auckland.. Two large trucks were required to -convey 1 it to Auckland. The ex-; hibit-.'comprises:— • Sixty varieties , potatoes (solected from 300 varieties'^fronrone -farm). Soventy-threo varieties of matured grasses (dried). .. .;. . - '-Ten : varieties, Native flax; : Five, varieties . oats in sheaf.Specimens ;of ■ cummers; and speltz (a cross botweeri; barley and ? 'whcat grown in America,, and specially suitable for cold.climates), j Sisty-se'ven varieties' native trees' in' -pots.' SeVeri a samples;seed, : . and,'various specimens of'.maize,. mangolds, and sugar beet. In : sugar, .beet last year a highar ; percentage; of.; sugar, was obtained on the farm than has been yielded . 6n : any of. German; andAmerican experiment - stations.; Specimens' of' this beet will, be shown. The exhibit willhe ill charge of qualified men.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 205, 23 May 1908, Page 3
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163RUAKURA'S WORK. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 205, 23 May 1908, Page 3
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