PROFITABLE GARDENING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4962, 31 August 1918, Page 7

PROF ITABLE GARDENING.

£9OO M 7 ORTH FROM AN ACRE

How- £9OO worth of foodstuff was produced from one acre of land was explained at Walton-on-Thames Infaunal recently, when an exemption was granted to an expert at the L cal Intensive Gardens. There is no doubt- that wonderful returns per acre can be obtained by careful cultivation of land planted with vegetables. For instance, a pound of Parsnip, Carrot, Swede, or similar seed, costing but a few shillings, with suitable soil and good cultivation, should produce about ten tons of foodstuffs. This, _ even at one penny per pound (which is not nearly the value), equals £93 in value. Smaller areas should show even better results in proportion. It is, of course, important that the sieeds sown should be the best procurable strong in growth and heavy cropping selections. These are the features of Cooper’s “Seeds of Success,” which are grown as far as possible in New Zealand from t-boir own pedigree stocks. You cannot afford to waste your ground and your tijne. In brief, you cannot afford to be without Cooper’s Seeds at sowing time. For instance, Cooper’s N.Z.-grown Mangel Seed beaded the list of nineteen lots of mangels procured for trial from the principal seed merchants in all parts of the world. The crop was over 71 tons per acre. This trial was conducted by the Department of Agriculture at Moumahaka (see report in “Journal of Agriculture,” 21st August, 1916, on page 141). Nothing but the best will satisfy us. If you want to sow tho “Seeds of Success,” insist on having 1 Cooper’s Seeds, but be sure they are Cooper’s Seeds. Procurable from seedsmen and merchants in practic- j ally every township in New Zealand. ; —F. Cooper, Ltd., Millington (larg- : est growers of •seeds in Australasia). —GIS.