. The agricultural gazette of New South Wales. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Australia New South Wales. 904 Agricultural Gazette of \_N»v. 2, 1008. Hawkesbury Agricultural College and Experiment Farm. Experiments with Swede Turnips. A. H. E. McDonald, Kxperimentalist. I.—Trials with Fertilisers. TlIK olijcct of these trials was to determine the ell'ects of ditlerent inanm-es alone, and in combination uitli caeli otluT, upon tlic yii'ld of turnips. The soil was a fairly open pi|)eclay loam, overlyiny a slii;litlv still" suhsoil. Ft liad l)('en erop]ied previously with wheat for grain.
. The agricultural gazette of New South Wales. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Australia New South Wales. 904 Agricultural Gazette of \_N»v. 2, 1008. Hawkesbury Agricultural College and Experiment Farm. Experiments with Swede Turnips. A. H. E. McDonald, Kxperimentalist. I.—Trials with Fertilisers. TlIK olijcct of these trials was to determine the ell'ects of ditlerent inanm-es alone, and in combination uitli caeli otluT, upon tlic yii'ld of turnips. The soil was a fairly open pi|)eclay loam, overlyiny a slii;litlv still" suhsoil. Ft liad l)('en erop]ied previously with wheat for Superphosphate gives the turnips an early vigorous start. Photo, laUen one month after sowing. The preparation was similar to that adopted in field practice. The land was broken up in December, worked down into a fairly fine condition, and can occasional harrowing given to maintain a fine loose surface, to minimise the loss of moisture by evaporation. At the end of February the land was lightly reploughed, and reduced to a fine condition for sowing b}' harrowing and rolling. The effect of this preparation was to kvive the soil in a cf)ndition suitable both for the crop and for good action of the fertilisers. The previous cropping had equalised the soil, and the thorough culture left it in such a state that the crop was able to utilise, to the gre;itest advantage, its inherent fertility. The pulverisation and deep working encouraged rapid diffusion of the fertilisers to every part of the soil, thus bringing them into close contact with the roots of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New South Wales. Dept. of Agriculture. Sydney, C. Potter, Govt. Printer [etc. ]
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