Good Potato Yields
ALTHOUGH Inst year was not what might be termed a normal one for potato growers owing to the heavy rain in the early autumn causing in some localities a good deal of loss through wet rot alT'octing the tubers, some excellent yields were nevertheless obtained in cases where genuine certified seed was planted.
Crops that, produced from 34 to 15 tons an acre were net uncommon, and at least one grower on the Taicri had the pleasure.of lifting IS tons an acre, while another fit Stirling grew a "L'o-toniier."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19130, 26 September 1936, Page 13
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92Good Potato Yields Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19130, 26 September 1936, Page 13
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