PROFITABLE GARDENING.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11629, 31 August 1918, Page 5

PROFITABLE GARDENING.

£9OO WuETH FROM AN ACRE. How £9OO worth of foodstuff was produced from one acre of land was explained at Walton-on-Thames Tribunal recently when an exemp tiou wss granted to an expert at the Local Intensive Gardens. There Is no doubt that wonderful returns per acre can he ontained 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 and good cultivation, should produce about ten tons of foodstuff. This, even at one penny per pound (which is not nearly tne 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 procurable strong in growth, and heavy cropping selections. These are the features of Cooper’s “Seeds of Success,” which are grown as far asjpossible in New Zaaiandjfrom their own pedigree stocks. Yon cannot afford to waste your ground and yonr time. In brief, yon cannot afford to be without Cooper’s Seeds at sowing time. For instance Cooper’s N.Z. Grown Mangel Seed head the list off nineteen lots of mangels procured for trial from the principal seed merchants in all parts of the world. The crop was over f 1 tons per acre. This trial was conducted by the Department of Agriculture at Moumahaka(see report in “Journal of Agriculture,” 21st August. 1916, on page 141). Nothing but the best will satisfy us. If yon want to sow the “Seeds of Success” insist on having Cooper’s Seeds, hut be sure that they are Cooper’ Seed*, procurable from seedsmen and merchants in practically every township in New Zealand. F. O. Cooper Ltd., Wellington. Largest growers of seeds in Australasia. Gls