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Western Star, 13 April 1920, Page 2

The exectivo of the Taranaki Farmers’ Unmi, learning that Mr W. T. Wells, of Manaia, had recently conducted some interesting agricultural operations, ■wrote to lii.au for information, and he replied as follows: “ This season I drilled 15 acres of Algerian oats on turnip land, with oewt of carbonate of lime drilled in the. same as manure. Result, a beautiful crop, estimated to yield GO bushels. Tt withstood the "gales and rain, the grain was heavy and good, and the straw bright and strong.' Another five acres of Algerian oats was sown with 2 cwt of super. This was a heavy crop, but inclined to rust, and tire straw was soft and went down, and did not finish well, about 50 bushels. The next 5 acres was sown with the local Farmers’ Co-op. manure, at the rate 1 of 2 cwt to 1 the acre. Though sown just as the other paddocks, with land just the .samie, the seed did not come up the same; it was rather thin - and bung for a time. Then it came away, beat thci super, and. came close to the limed patch. The cost of lime was 8s 6d, super 225, and Farmers’ Co-op. 22s per acre.