SEEDS AND PLANTS.
jj An important feature of the m g Institute of Dairying, to be <es- §j j lablished at Palmerston JVor/7i, ■ IH will be a seed and plant station, Ij j which it is hoped will commence- jj j§ operations during the present j§ jjj ivinter. An area-bf twenty acres §j jj or so will be set aside for this 1 H work, and a staff of specialists |J | will be appointed. Ah important ■ jj part of the work of the station jj jj will be an investigation of the s H methods of controllng fungoid jl jj and bacterial diseases and the % of advice to the farmer. {§' jj A considerable amount of atten- H § don will also be giveh to ptob- jj j lems dealing with grasses, such J jj as cocksfoot and rye grass. At- ( jj tendon will also be given to the ■ | question of flax growing. §§ SmimumiiiramuimnnmiiiiiiimmiiiimiHiiiiiiiiiuuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiumiiiiiiitiiiiiiuiiiuiiititiiiffl
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 138, 15 June 1927, Page 17
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