PROFITABLE GARDENING.

Northern Advocate, 30 August 1918, Page 3

PROFITABLE GARDENING.

£900 WORTH FROM AN ACRE,

How £900 worth of foodstuff was produced from one acre of land was explained at Walton-on-Thames Tribunal recently when an exemption was granted to an expert at the Local 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 foodstuff. 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 seeds sown should be the best procurablestrong 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 their own pedigree stocks. You cannot afford to waste your ground and your time. In brief, you cannot afford to be without Cooper's Seeds at sowing time. For instance.. Cooper's N.Z. Grown Manuel Seed headed 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 ncr acre. This trial was conducted by the Department of Agriculture at (see renort in "Journal of Agriculture." 21st Ainuist, 1916, on M 41.. Nothinp.' but the best will Isntisfv us. If you wnnt to sow th« "Seeds of Success" insist on h*vin<r Conner's Seeds, but be sure that th'PV are Cooper's Seed?. Procurable from seedsmen and merchants in practically every township in New Zealand. F. COOPER, Limited, Wellington. (Largest growers of seeds in Australasia.) GIG