HASTENING PLANT-GROWTH.
An interesting illustration of Hungarian enterprise is furnished in the systematic experiments now being made in that country, with the object of introducing cultivation of the cotton-plant. Although the climate leaves only five months (from the middle of April to the middle of September ) for all the necessary operations from sowing to picking, it is calculated that by special measures the usual seven months can be shortened by two. These consist of a special preparation of the seeds and the addition of certain ingredients to the soil. The advantages to the country would be so great that the government ordered a thorough investigation, and, as this proved favourable, agreed to support the project^
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 120, 23 May 1903, Page 1 (Supplement)
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115HASTENING PLANT-GROWTH. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 120, 23 May 1903, Page 1 (Supplement)
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