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Sudan Grafss THE MOST PROFITABLE FORAGE CROP Officially Reported as Yielding over 8 Tons of May' and 580 Pounds of Oeed per Aero. £ASr TO CROW IV IVET OR DRY SEASONS The Greatest Drought Reel stent S fG row* 7 Feet High. 100 Stalk* from One. Seed ,%Cive#foo.Tbite or Four Cuttings in a Season I nor eases the Fertility of the Soil. Sample Package 3/•• posted anywhere, Enough for a Trial Planting and to Yield Seed for 2Q Acre* Next Season. Full Instructions for Planting and Harvesting Sudan Grass has proved the salvation of Übc American farm For years past there has hepu a serious shortage in the hay crop in America, aud stock raisers were dismayed and becoming hopeless until Sudan Grass was introduced by the Government, v,>ao had ob-, tained.it from Northern Africa aud subjected it to the most rigorous tests. The report of the United States Department of Agriculture a* that ,k Grass is a ereat success in the dryer * region* and uuder irrigation lias surpassed alfalfa. In the more humid State* Sudan Grass also succeeds well, tbnt not so well as in the semi-arid States, where it secures the droughty conditions it delights in.” Sudan Grass as proved the most profitable forage crop in A meric*, Farmers are malt tug up to £2O per" acre for hay and £6o to £BO per acre for seed. It yields toe highest tonnage of any hay crop. It i* sweet and juicy'and the' bert possible fodder lor stock.. It is an excellent rotating crop* 113 11 conserve* ana iucreases the fertility of the soiL Being a light rooter, it canuot overrun or become a pest, though it grows most proliGcally, over a hundred stalks springing from some of the stools. Last season in America the demand for seed was so great that the price went up to 12/6 per pound, but we nave secured a good supply of splendid clean seed that wc can confidently recommend to farmers .here Send 8/- ,for % trial package, or ask for Circular giving lull particulars about Sudan Grass; we will post it without charge. From now till December is the time for planting. This quality of peed is obtainable only from THE UNION MANUFACTURING AND AGENCY COMPANY, 299 BllaabetH Btroat, Melboww, WHY?CORNS AND BUNIONS TheJMABIC CORN RUBBER Nothin* *• so painful as a Corn or Bunion, or so easily re* noted If dona tha right wsy. Our hteglc Antiseptic Corn nna Bunion Bern over removes the corn or callous Instantly. n °l have to para or cut tha corn. Just rub it gently with tha jiemover and all hardness, callousness and tha Parted ta Any Address on raeelpi et Ons BhUllnff postal not# or Stamps or aay ttuta. Try one, and tall your friends. VBI 9*lo* Midi 00, Wt KUxdtttfclfcrsad.MslteUMu

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Otago Witness, Issue 3672, 29 July 1924, Page 64

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Page 64 Advertisements Column 2 Otago Witness, Issue 3672, 29 July 1924, Page 64

Page 64 Advertisements Column 2 Otago Witness, Issue 3672, 29 July 1924, Page 64