FERTILISER FOR POTATOES
Experiments conducted for some time at several agricultural stations .in Germany seem to show that sulphur is a most excellent fertiliser for potatoes, not only being effective as a growth stimulator, but also as an exterminator of the parasites that attack the plants, and ate a preventive in cases of excessive rain. The application is refined, powdered sulphur is at the rate of 3751b. or more per acre, and in no case has a section so treated failed to give a better and larger crop than fields not treated. Whether or not the increased crop depends most on the direct action of the sulphur or on its pest-exterminating action, the investigators are not willing to declare definitely at the present stage of the experiments.
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 15 May 1912, Page 7
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127FERTILISER FOR POTATOES Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 15 May 1912, Page 7
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