RADIUM ORE AS FERTILISER
"Tims?" o-nd Sydney "Sun" Servicee. • (Roc. May 31, 5.5 p.m.) London, May 30. Experiments with tl:e residues of minerals from which radium has been extracted demonstrated its stimulating effect. on plant growth. The residues made wheat and barley grow with great rapidity, and produced radish and carrots sis times the normal size. The Greytown and several other dairy factories in the district closed down for the season on Saturday last. The last load of cheese for export from the Tarama cheese factory left on Friday. The total number of cases exported for the year was 2000. A South' Taranaki farmer who scld his farm of 200 acres tlio other day gave the purchaser' £750 cash to "cry off" tho deal, according to an excliango. A large numbor of Swiss aro arriving in South Taranaki. They aro financed by their compatriots already domiciled there and who havo "made good." Tho Swiss fully understand intensive farming, and make ideal dairy farmers. Tl\e Oil' Engino is more powerful, more economical, rims easier, and is simpler than any other. Do you require proof '?< Well, the "Richmond" holds the highest award gained against allcomers. Tho "Richmond" also is giving good scrvice to hundreds all over New Zealand. You should write—we'll rend' full particulars. A. J. Parton, Plumber, Carterton.—Advt.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19140601.2.65.5
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2164, 1 June 1914, Page 10
Word Count
217RADIUM ORE AS FERTILISER Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2164, 1 June 1914, Page 10
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in