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Otago Witness, Issue 3525, 4 October 1921, Page 12

The Necessity of Using Fertilizers for Wheat Crops Fertilisers give abundant crops. The best fertilisers give the best crops. Big crops make big profits-. By the expenditure of a few shillings per acre on the purchase of a good fertiliser the yield of gram can be increased by many bushels per acre. The most effective way of reducing the oost of producing a crop is to increase the yield, per acre. This can be don© by using a good fertiliser. By doubling your crop per acre you are more than Doubling your Profit* per acre. Owing to the Government having guaranteed a minimum price for next season’s wheat a very large number of farmers have decided to take advantage of the opportunity given them of ensuring a certain return on at least a portion of their land holdmg. Use “ECLIPSE” FERTILIZERS ana ensure big yields. One of the many instances of the magnificent results obtained by the use of “Eclipse” Fertilisers is testified to by Mr E. Giimour, of Methven (Ashburton County), who writes to the Sew .Zealand Befrigcrating Co. as follows: — "The accompanying photograph was taken at the time I cut my crop last harvest. It was grow n with JLcwt of ‘Eclipse’ Fertilser to the acre and thrashed out 60 Bushels to the Acre. The crop was grown on Land where previously 1 had not obtained good crops of wheat; I am therefore, more than satisfied with my experience cf 'Eclipse-' Fertiliser, and you can make what use you like of this photograph and letter.” It is interesting to note that the average wheat crop, according to the Government Statistician, in Canterbury to the end of June of this year is 82.52 bushels per acre. TL&t Mr Giimour’e high opinion of “ECLIPSE” FERTILIZERS is widely held throughout New Zealand is evidenced by the following facts. — The number of farmers using “Eclipse” In 1914-15 was ._ ~ .. .. 1,200 In 1915-16 was .. .. .. .. 3,550 In 1919-20 was ... 5,400 The great scientist, Sir William Crookes, 0.M., F.R.S., in his hook, “The Wheat Problem,” w-pote: “We must rely on nitrogenous manures to increase the fertility of the land under wheat so as to raise the yield from the world’s low average—l 2.7 bushels per acre-—to a higher average.” "Eclipse” Fertilisers contain blood and bone (nitrogen) superphosphates and high-grade phosphates, and! therefore supply the requirements of South Island sous. Book your order through your local agent or direct from The New Zealand Refrigerating Co. Ltd. Dunedin. Telegraphic address: “Hoarfrost,” Dunedin.

Frog* and fish were electrocuted in Serge numbers recently by a wire that, was flown into the Ktoi ,ic, Ice River. near Toronto, Canada. For muily a ttiile along ♦he river practically en :y 1 mid fish •was killed, and their i< die- V.tiAed the surface of ter stream.