WAIRARAPA P AND A. SOCIETY.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 26 February 1914, Page 6

WAIRARAPA P AND A. SOCIETY.

.. S\\ • '■ ' » : r -—-R-xPRRimS'TATi PLOTS., Feb. LM. ,j 'ihe.±lLc,LJfc4)ivisi()ii of the Department ol' some time ago WhiTft'i'apa P.'and A, Si* ( cietv„t»i ,01 ■ deqvou rto get fanners ip ' l io lake up a systeiii 'of ' exijyriuj.ontal, plots . iinder ,tlic- ])e,-r ,u sirtnfeii t"s")iunor,vi/iiou, the Diparts rfttfUft- 1 s,i\pj>lytic : .f>eed, etc. ■ r ■ sections for t-Jic, ' ,/\!id, great success; hf\s jvith;-by several. , 'ljie.ju- ' ■ I ! 0^1 '*>' ! •>*'' 'wkh^'Wa and the Government Depart ta^nt,..^l'e 61 ; science and syst(w» : aga:nst haphazard met ho do. j J&nt-l-y the* -eonimitto'e" '(if > 3snd the officers' of' tho" Fiftlus Di visio,y. of- tho .Department of £.grii-ult\\VA? .•' u^»& s «; 1 9ll*«« hcw " il . to 1 Jfi. Kagfg w> : ber, 19*12... Limed before secoAid l |H?IH'iHt&H.?- 1 "ui'e--2£ cwt kainit. Cr^is 1914, 2 tons--first cut, 21 tons sqcojul ?: wtrmA'tijfjj li-hed. • . .... ■ • jk- j W K] psoitis)i sown in .November, 1913, out Febmh i %•«? \tyti* FMrfy^i^Wtalflwl* S otf i lfflfe; f, J nwo. 1. ;^ U 1 bluMl: aiicl «sbbm owt f i kftilli'l)?** • , onß d Wff , 'aM>' IViVs H b*f on --•!«« < 'tysfflM-ff*' sflP'"*'rjcil»en sward of the two plots. »P*'' H - f - •'/•* i -tip? t ailiW.'Ahd 1 ?*. f^lVcr'/half " 'ff^r©'^lf>^ligM? ; ;g r 6eh 'fes irWiVrf.'*' IJ-eAwfc ■5 fsSi<Rl< v bW&l™<ta3 tetofl8H»l»! u « f The "■ > ; pWV§9 ft W'ill}JM"idl* •*%roSJrth uit» '' bft"' > i , «ted^ a fbi^'ft ,: KtFtn^ : Cnup '.ttsr.l 'JHCMJsstiR «rt< ■-< , iu|l t X"v <£' !' ied»/-"yjfPinflf-t?!, '^fftV'liA'/'rrtwed U { cf' sow« ;• '^fkrited^^ ; W'Se^^d" n;, I)S:;e l M)er; 4tli ' «R9 sil- **¥(&■ •3#ii n,, ||i'oeti T sui-- 5 < 'Witt# of pMifsh^' *- This " ' and '•• "K«r't>6»; T6^;''l»i'iW-«. 9 «dcar. ' irrMe', if t kainTt : , ::r |bwt >: s. f 'of i-well * Vtfraa&Jr'' 'lv^ ! * Bbiiis* l "Wry ' B^ : 4 ? ■ * * m A;~ fTooker; 1' dcro'. ifticernd.—Sown November Bth, .1913, "'Vijlfrou^h. * 14th; plou'.£;liod in' ' 'grefei' A fiept©iiil)er ißtli, IM-rqiv-foiled,' disced J anil _ hi].ilvittod.' acre, 75Ibs. 'iuficuln.tod vci.. !• yj ■, , . soil; I acre, ml; J 3^oJ]i.;s y \ acre, 3751bs lime ancl ated aoik - First cut January L'7Lh. left in ground as is ; n.«unl; lurigjrfc, .Tl»m wu? conK;f|.a vrfy' "fino healthy crop. .ijuJ, had been well looked after, ftfa.ngoldSj—rSown . November .2nd, land '^xce^i^Miliy' well cultivated. l\fan--golds tlirouglu the ground November ! > T^ffi^ and Webb's Now Lion Internie'diate); £ acre, IJlbs Oarton's Gate Post*;; £ lbs S. 'Prizo Winner. Malnirq.s, 3 cwt slagy 'B4lbs s. of potash, ;2521bs ka'init, gypsum, well mixed.. Described as an excellent crop',* wi?ll, kept, entirely free from AVeect*'. Maize, sown Novenber 18th; .'•fieed r ;| ' J acre, % 151bs Chester C. 3M, maize,,' sown in double 7in 'drift, 28in apart;] I acre, 351bs ditto; J acre, 31bs*Ani7 ! "ber Cane Sorghum, 14in drills ;< aci;o 31bs Japanese Millet. Manures., 44, lbs bonedust, 901bs super, 681bs, dried blood, 221bs s. potash j -welf mixed and drilled in with seed. >Mii-. let is described as doing; remarkably well and should grow a lot of feed. Maize r Avell grown and most satisfactory;. noticed crop .much higher , where sheltered. • P.. Jiui] : «on, lucerne.—Sown November latfi, 1912; first year crop.' 'poor;; first cut November 24th, 1914', ' j 3 tons per acre; second cut January 16th, 2£ tons per acre; February ! 10th, 12in high. Half an acre was inoculated. Manures, J acre, 3|cwtfine .ground limestone; J acre, lent > slag; i' acre, lewt blood and bone; J, acre, lewt slag, lewt kainit. "This was an exceptionally good crop, and, nitrogen, nodules were found all through the acre. T. E. Maunsell, lucerne.—Sown November sth, 1913. Seed, 1-3 acre 4 lbs 'Permaan; 1-3 acre 4lbs Hunter's River; 1-3 acre 41bs N.Z. Marlborough. Sown in drilU 7in. Manures: loewt lime, 2cwt slag, -Jcwt bonemeal, lewt kainit well mixed. , Land well disced; September 14th land cross ploughed, a_ trifle shallower than first ploughing. This crop' is j ■ ' ■ '■' ' (■