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Temuka Leader, Issue 10976, 12 August 1926, Page 1

IW ■ Secured by Hsinq Kudkid Superphosphate Below are statements made by authorities in wheat culture as taken from New Zealand Journals of Agriculture, 1925. (1) By A. H. Cockayne, Director of Fields Division, Dept, of Agriculture. (a) In order to INCREASE the YIELD OF WHEAT, PHOSPHATE MANURING IS ESSENTIAL. “Experiments conducted by the Dept, of Agriculture during the past TWO SEASONS have shown that 1 CWT. OF SUPERPHOSPHATE per acre INCREASES THE YIELD of wheat by nearly 6 BUSHELS. (b) “3 HALF-CROWNS spent on manuring will return the farmer 14 HALF-CROWNS worth of extra wheat. (c) “Assuming that 200,000 acres of wheat will be sown this season, then 10,000 tons of Superphosphate Fertilizer, costing £75,000, will return an additional 1,000,000 bushels of wheat, worth £300,000. (d) “Can any farmer afford to neglect the manuring of his wheat crop?” (2) By Dr. P. W. Hilgendorf, Biologist, Lincoln College, “It is now certain that manuring with 1 CWT. SUPER increases the yield of wheat by about 7 BUSHELS per acre on certain land near Christchurch. ’ ’ The above figures were worked out in 1925—t0-day the advantage to the farmer is even greater. Wheat responds to Superphosphate on most types of soil and the statements quoted above should make Its use universal in wheat growing. 1 cwt. of Superphosphate to-day costs about 7/- on the farm. If 6 bushels of Wheat to-day were worth about 42/- on trucks, who would not spend 7/- to get a return of 600 per cent, on outlay? Besides increasing YIELD, SUPERPHOSPHATE : (1) Increases deep rooting of wheat plants—an important consideration in dry seasons. (2) Improves the appearance of wheat grains, making them plump. (3) Improves health of the plant and makes the crop less liable to lodge in«a wet season. (4) Enables the wheat crop to reach maturity in a shorter time and with a minimum of soil moisture. (5) By feeding the plants, makes the crop less exhausting on Phosphates—the main deficiency in New Zealand ; soils. SPRING-SOWN WHEAT is more dependent on Fertilizer than Autumn-sown, (1) Because it has a shbrter growing period and has not the same period in which to make use of plant food already in the soil. (2) There is a greater necessity for early and deep rooting, so as to get plants established before nor’-westers in the Spring. It is surely a sound policy, therefore, to manure EVERY ACRE of SPRING-SOWN WHEAT. TOP-DRESSING ‘AUTUMN-SOWN WHEAT : Those areas of wheat sown in the Autumn unmanured can be improved by top-dressing with Super in early Spring. This is best done after wheat is fed off early, and the Super- can be broadcasted and harrowed in. With wheat bringing good prices it pays to manure it well This can best be done by using “ROCKLAND” SUPERPHOSPHATE. ‘Rockland’ Superphosphate is procurable through all Stock and Station Agents & Produce Merchants MANUFACTURERS; Kempthorne, Prosser & Co.’s ' New Zealand Drug Co. Ltd. Agricultural Chemists 136 High Street, Christchurch 44 E§cklw” tmsmLt MAKES WHEAT MORE PROFITABLE

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