Sugar Beet.
TESTS IN T A B A W KIEXPERIMENTS |N HAND. 10fl PLOTS PREPARER. (By Telegraph.—Press Association). NEW PLYMOUTH, Sept. 29. In order to provide data as, a guide to the possibilities of establishing a sugar-beet industry in Taranakj, experiments in growing sugar-beet are to be undertaken by South TaWiaki boys' and girls' agricultural clubs this year, The yield and sugar content of t'he beet grown in different areas will be ascertained. Mr. R. Syme, agricultural instructor, said that 100 plots scattered over South Taranakf would provide valuable information for the Government, which was conducting trials to ascertain the value of bee't for sugar in New Zealand,
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Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 19824, 29 September 1936, Page 3
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108Sugar Beet. Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 19824, 29 September 1936, Page 3
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