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Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8097, 8 January 1907, Page 1

AGRICULTUFAL ITESBS. MrWhitp, postunsterat Kaikoura, sent to the Department of Agriculture, Wellington, a specimen of "reputed phosphite" (forwarded to him by Mr Henderson, Waipapa Station) for analysis. Ihe chief chemist, in reporting, wrißs '<' Mr Whitd: "Tbe specimen d pii-k si cue is merely a limestone I'ncaiuiug no payable auiouut of {.litf; -ha T i . It there is much of it present however, it might be used as an building Btoue. A | ink limestone is obtained at Mount Somers, ami is ; used f»r such purpoPs. I would use , half muriaic acid aid half water fur the phosphate test. If the sp cimec \ lissulves in ibis wi'iout eff-rvesceno I it is strong presumphte evidence tha; litis phosj hate." is, says the •Sun, a considerable quuntity of pink limestone in vnriod places between the Ure and Kekenagastre im=, along i the Ben More frontage. It can be seen by travellers, Hid, as will be noticed, makes gooi rough road Mr Lea, the Ta=uinian Government Entomologist, hti been advising tbe orchardists of ihe tight little island to keep more bee , and in order that the bees, might Da be poisoned, RUggests that the tree; should never be sprayed while in fu! flower. Bees will often visit an orchird from three to six miles distant, aid do incalculable good. Mr M. B. Waite, of the Department of Agriculture at Washington, has been for, years very thoroughly experiment ng and miking observations on this subject, with a number of assiaanta, and his reports are most emphatic on the necessity of bees to the fruitgrower. The number of insect visitors in any orchard deirmines to a great extent, he says, the amount of cross-pollination carried on. The pollen of the pear and apple, for instance, is not produced in sufficient quantity, nor is it of the right consistency, to be carried by the wind ; and the pollination of these trees, is, therefore, dependert on the activity of the iusects. If there is no apiary in the neighbournood, therefore, each large orchardist should keep a number of hives of bees. Honey bees and other members of the bee family are the best workers in crossprollination. While some varieties of apples andjpearsare, wider favourable conditions, capable of Silf-fertilisation —most varieties are either wholly dependent on insect visits or greatly ■ benefited by them in setting and maturing their fruit-. Mr Albert Gale, New South Wales, has also shown that if kept for no other purpose than for the benefit they do to growing fruit trees and plants, by spreading the pollen among the blooms, the indu a *tT(W4*J»efe ia a valuable assistant to eveiy fruitgrower, NEW ZEALAND DRUG CQ'S MANUHEB. Kempthorne, Prober & Co.'s New Zealand Drug Company (Limited) Westfield Manure Price List, revised to Ist Sept., 1906. "!A" Superphosphate 4 15 0 Bonedust 'pure; steamed ... 7 U 0 Bonedust (pure) greon 7 lo 0 Vitriolised Bonedust 7 0 0 Bonedust and blood ... ... •; 17 6 Special root manure ... ... 7 0 0 Special grass manure "A" (for tor; dressing) t 17 0 Special gras= manure "B" ;f,r laying down permanent pasture) 6 17 6 Special potato manure 7 U U Special turnip manure 6 15 0 Special rape manure 7 0 0 Special corn manure "A" (cor green feed) ... 6 15 0 Special corn nrinure "B" rfoj wheat, oats, barley, etc.) .., 615 0 "A" Special maize manure (£* green teed) .700 Special niai;:t manure "B" (ix cob maize) .. 7 0 0 Special orchard manure "A" (for young trees) 7 10 0 Special orchard manure " B " (for fruit formation) 7 10 0 Special clover manure 6 5 C Special onion manure 7 10 0 SUNDRIES. Westfield Bono Substitute, 2 cm sacks aett 5 5 u " Premier " Bonedust, 2 cwtsicis nett 6 10 0 Gypsum, 2cwt sacks ... nett 3 0 0 Agricultural salt, 11 sacks to the ton net* 2 15 0 Thomas' Phosphate (Risie Slag). 2cwt. sacks .. 4 0 U Sulphate of ammonia, crigiml sacks abt 2cwt ... 17 0 0 Nitrate of soda, original sacks sbt 2cwt .:. i ... 15 10 0 Muriate of potash, original'f-aas abt 2cwt ... i, ... 15 lo 0 i-ulphate of potash, original sj*c;s abt 2cwt '-... 15 10 tf Ka.'mt, original bags abt lewt ' 4 2 6 Sulphate 0: iron, xtls., origiJal s:ick o abt 2cwt J 8 lo 1 Suiphats of iron, crushed, oriJfi* J sacks about 2cwt ... T 10 0 ( j Surprise Island guano, 2cwt saclks 4 0 1 Maiden guano, 2cwt sacks 1. 57 , Pnrfl linsn«l nil ra\ta prunhnA ll j cwt sacks ~11 (j ( All prices subject, to alterati >n withou' notice. Per (Ja " K.P." improved sheep dip, 5g tl drums 0 3: Do., in 1-gal tins 4s3deaci Kemp's uranuing Fluid, thn >e (blue, blauk and red) , kgallon tiu=, 2 in a case... ...03! Do. in 1-gallon tns d 1 ; Westfield special garden manur a, 141 b bags lswieac Westfield fowl grit, 1 lib bag j, • coarse, medium or fine... 1 Is dd eaol: " A" >upeipDOiphATe—Farmers desiring Auioniain tuia t-uper, vsilJ plt><t«B state sc when ordering, and 1 per cent, trill b« added at au extra c -st of 10s per ton. Imported Bona Dust—We also carry ful' stocks of Imported Bone Dußt (first-cias ! quality), and suad be phased to give nine cut <[ .options for samo. discount —All lines in this Price Lis subject to a Discount of 2J pet cent, to cash, excepting those marked Nktt. ejuaranieeU Analysis of any M«n.-i re*, re•luired promptly ««nt on application. WesUieid Bone Substitute—As the nalrn implies, this .Manure is designed to Ua iuk pWe of Bene Dust. U oouUiiW uv boue whatever, hut will be touud an r»--' iolit cUUStItUIH. 1 Trevious lists now cancelled. Special promptly nudli foi large lota. All pric&s sybjoct to alteration witheu notice. • Always Landing—Guanos, r he*p Boi Oust, Kainit, etc. Low ,|ii..unons fro... t ■"hin'r aido on applirnfion. taterest awivkenc-d cv*>ywbsre in U « I caarvelScus cures of <'utf, Burne, v.i< ! '.\",,unds Kith L'r. Sbeld< n's M»gn»tic Liw a i mt-nt. Free, 1- od and 3s. - a 1 i Green and Cotebrook, Ltd., and tratcl j etores; Thomas Wells, CambridgK; G. M g ! .■». Al ier, To A H Chapman I EihikAi,