EXPERIMENTS AT MASSEY COLLEGE

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 264, 3 August 1929, Page 6

EXPERIMENTS AT MASSEY COLLEGE

Palmerston North, August 2. Regarding experimental work at Massey College, Professor Peren, principal, reported ut a meeting of Hie council yesterday that Mr. Scrivener (soil chemist) had laid down a number of niannrial experiments, more particularly for the effects of nitrogen in the various forms in which it was available, also experiments with liming. On account of the extent to which flax fibres absorbed moisture from the atmosphere and the effect of that absorption on the tensile strength, it bad been found necessary to tit ng a constant humidity chamber for the tests of tensile strength, which Dr. ■ Yeates was carrying out, lit connection with flax seedlings. 'Bhere were 24 pigs in the feeding trials and tests were being carried out with whey paste feeding. Three pigs were being fed solely on whey for an examination of the bacon made from them to be carried out bv the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. A report of last year’s pig recording scheme had been prepared an<] forwarded to the Department, under whose direction the work had been carried out. ... , All autumn sown grass had done splendidly. he said, and had grazed continuously throughout the winter. Twenty seres broken out of old stump country, being more a temporary pasture mixture, was still carrying heavily, while a more permanent mixture over approximately 4o acres had carried 248 hoggets almost continuously during the past few mouths. Further experiments were to he carried out with the clay country of the terrace and would be started shortly.