The Review of Reviews. ixlvii. 



...How t o Make Crop s Grow... 



A SPLENDID ICSTIMOKY CONCERNING NITRO-BACTERINE. 



The following appeared in the Wairarapa Daily Times, N'ew Zealand, of Januaiy 4, 1912. 

 After reading this even the most sceptical must be assured of the wonderful properties of Nitre- 

 Bacterine. A letter from Mr. Wingate informs us that the weather was extremely unfa\ourable, 

 and that the oats were in stook for 12 days, two facts which make the results all the more astonish- 



ing. 



NITRO-BACTERIITE. 



Eifect on an Oat Crop. 



Mr. John W inflate, of Masti'ilou, uiut lias been 

 e.xiJerimenting for some time past with nitro- 

 bacterine, and its effect on crops, has kindly sup 

 [)lied us with some figures showing thf result of 

 the application of the culture to a sowing of oats. 

 Mr. \VingaIe set aside live plots, to which he 

 applied various manures, and he kept a careful 

 note of the cost of the different methods of treat- 

 ment he usefl. The results may best be shown 

 in the following form :— It may be added that 

 Mr. Oeorge Dagg, a well-know'n farmer, did the 

 necessary measuring and weighing, and comiiiled 

 the figures C]Uoted. 



Plot I, treated with ih cwt. ofmi.xud basic 

 slag anrl super|)h()si)hate. not inoculated with 

 nitro-bacterine, ga\e i Uni 12 cwt. 16 Itis, Cost 

 of manuring : 9s. 



Plot' 2, treated with i\ cwt. super-jjhosphate 

 per acre and inoculated with nitro-bacterine, gave 

 2 tons 5 cwt. 2 fjrs. 24 lbs., and co.st 9s. gd. 



Plot 3, treated with li cwt. mixed basic slag 

 and siiper[)hosphate inoculated wifh nitro-bac- 

 terine. gave 2 tons 15 cwt. 2 qrs. 24 ll)s., and th' 

 manuring cost 9s. gd. 



Plot 4, treated with li cwt. of basic slag in 

 ociilated with nitro-bacterine, gave 2 tons 10 cwt., 

 and the manuring cost 9s. 9d. 



Plot 5, in(x:ulated with nitro-bacterine only 

 (fourth crop without any other manure), ga\e 2 

 tons 12 cwt 16 lbs. Cost of manuring: gd. 



A study of plots i, 3 and 5 is well worth 

 while. No. i, the only plot without the culture, 

 .dthough expensively manured, gave the poorest 

 return. The best results, irrespective of cost, 

 were obtained from plot 3. Ivasily the most 

 profitable return was from plot 5, which, although 

 it was without the expensive manures used in the 

 other plots, was only three lumdredweight behind 

 niimlx-r 3. 



Send for Trial Packet to " Nitro- IJactcriiic," "Review of Reviews" Office, T. aniJ 

 Q. Life iiuilJinff, Swanston Street, Meihoiirne. Tasnianian orders should Ro to 

 Messrs. \V. L). Peacock & Co., Mobart, and Ne\> Zealand to Mr. John Wingate. 

 High Street, Masterton, or Mr. I.. AV IsKt, 05 ColiMiibii Street, Christchurch. 



Wlien ordering, please state for what Crop the culture is re(|uired. 



Price, 7 <■> per packet. * 



