GROWING PEAS.

Northern Advocate, 6 October 1913, Page 3

GROWING PEAS.

Every grower of peas knows the havoc produced by small birds, no mater what mechanical precautions or devices are taken to keep the birds off the crop, such as "Guys," " the ringing of bells,"' or "the firing of the gun, the birds will have their full toll, which means a drain on the crop and hence smaller returns.

Talking the other day with a grower who had six acres in peas, he said he had discovered a splendid remedy for this small bird nuisance. He had been spraying his peas with the Sher-win-Williams' Lime Sulfur Solution to protest them from blight, and found that not only did it protect them from disease, but that it kept the birds away as well—they would not go near the peas. He said he used one gallon of the S.W. Lime Sulfur Solution to 50 gallons of water, and sprayed about once a week. He considered it true eeosomy to spray frequently. Last year his income from peas was £25 per acre. He was so satisfied with his experience last year that he was going to use the Sherwin-Wil-liams' Lime Sulfur Solution instead of Bordeaux Mixture to protect his potatoes from blight. The proportion for potatoes is about 1 to 75 of water.

The Sherwin-Williams' Lime Sulfur Slution can be got from any storekeeper or seedsman in one gallon and five gallon tins or 50 gallon barrels

The wholesale agents for New Zealand are SHARLAND & CO., LTD., Lome St., Auckland, to whom you should write for Booklet "It Pays to Spray," 1913.