SEED-WHEAT CERTIFICATION.

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 55, Issue 1, 20 July 1937, Page 47

SEED-WHEAT CERTIFICATION.

The following is a list of growers for the month of May whose wheat crops have passed both the field and grain inspections required under the Government scheme for the certification of seed wheat. The seed from these crops is not recognized as finally certified until it has been satisfactorily machine-dressed and the sacks suitably sealed and tagged. (Previous-lists, to which those interested are referred, appeared in the March, April, May, and June Journals)

—Fields Division.

The Sixth Conference of the New Zealand Grassland Association will be held in Dunedin on August, 10th, nth, and 12th. Non-members as well as members are invited to attend. The subscription of membership is ss. per annum. Use of Cow-shed Wastage. The matter of utilizing droppings and washings from sheds and yards is receiving considerable attention : already fifteen plants are all working satisfactorily, and good results are being secured from the operation. An estimated cost of the outlay is as follows : Sump, 500-gallon capacity, cementlined, own labour, £7 ; hand pump, 6 ft. lifts gallons per stroke, £4 17s. 6d. ; tank, painted, ff> ; sledge, complete with fittings, 10s. (drawn by one horse, or two in wet weather : total, £29 (approximately). One farmer with a no-cow herd in one shed runs the washings straight into his tank and spreads them every day ; but most men provide a sump of 500 to 2,000 gallon capacity and top-dress when convenient. Odd cases of trouble over grit carried in on the hoofs of animals affecting pump-washers are reported ; but one man has installed a diaphragm pump costing £'ls, which is doing good work. — Instructor in Agriculture New Plymouth. • . ' • -

Variety. Grower. Acreage. Cross 7 .. . . Brophy, K. . . .. .. .. 13 Forster, J., Washdyke . . 6 Henderson, W. L., Teschemakers, Wai15 mate, R.M.D. 15 Kean, C. A., Limehills . . 3 Pemberton, S., Winchester .. . . 3° Talbot, C. J. and G. W., Fairlie 19 Talbot, P. R., Claremont, Timaru (Line A) 30 Watson, D. M., Methven .. -11 Dreadnought Medlicott, F. S., Hook , .. . IO O’Sullivan, E. D., Park Road, Albury . . 16 Ruddenklau, H., Estate of, Waimate .20 Hunters II - . . Ford, W., Eiffelton, R.M.D. . . 11 Horsnell, H. S., Morven .. 8 : Hunter-Weston, R. P., Albury ‘ . . . 9 Miller, P. Hl, Fairlie . . IO Ruddenklau, H., Estate of, Waimate 32 Solid Straw Tuscan Brunton, D., Otaio ... 30 Darling, S., Seadown . . ... 6 Dickson, A. M., St. Andrews . . 8 Gosling, A., Claremont, Timaru IO Henderson, W. L., Teschemakers, Wai15 mate, R.M.D. 15 Lynskey, M., School Road, Yaldhurst 14 Lysaght, T., Tripp Settlement, Geraldine (Line B) IO Medlicott, F. S., Hook 12 Ross, C. E., Laghmor, Ashburton 20 Tozer, W. J, Rangitira Valley, Temuka . . 12 Waller, G., Tripp Settlement, Geraldine 7 (Line B) 7