EXPERIMENT PLOTS.
MANAWATU PLANS. It is stated that farmers in the Manawatu intend carrying out a number of experiments in seeds, soils and manures this season. Mr F. S. M’Rae, of Palmerston, Intends to grow Soya beans, cow peas and velvet beans for purposes of observatien. Mr J. Balsillie, of Kairanga, will grow an imported variety of American maize, of the horse-tooth type, for seed purposes. He also purposes testing one or two varieties of peas, and will make variety trials of mangolds. Lucerne and sainfoin will also be grown as fodder, with the idea of determining the suitability of the soil. Mr M’Kenzie, at Hokowhitu, is going in for lucerne growing and for mangold variety trials. Mr S. R. Lancaster has decided to experiment with varieties of maize for dairy feed ; he will also grow mangolds with a mixture of farm yard and artificial manures to afford a comparison with mangolds grown with the aid of farm yard manure alone. Several varieties of mangolds are to be tested by Mr A. Buchanan ; in addition he is putting in plots of thousand-headed kale, rape, Bhudda kale, and silver beet, with a view of testing the feeding values of each and the times at which they mature. Mr Buchanan will also make trials of maize and possibly Soya beans.
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Waipa Post, Volume I, Issue 48, 29 September 1911, Page 4
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