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An investigation of pre- and post-emergence rots of garden peas and the results of trials with five fungicidal dusts as pea seed protectants
(Canterbury Agricultural College, University of New Zealand, 1938)
In this thesis the results of laboratory and field investigations into the cause and control of pre- and post-emergence rots of garden peas (Pisum sativum) are presented. These investigations were conducted during 1937-1938 ...
An inquiry into the costs of dairy farming and cheese manufacture in Southland
(Canterbury Agricultural College, University of New Zealand, 1934)
The use of accounts in farm management; one of the greatest benefits yet to be derived by the farming industry is the use of accounts as a guide to farm management. Farm costing is as yet in its infancy. Can the cost of ...
An investigation into the possible importance of nutritional anaemia of piglets under certain conditions of husbandry
(Canterbury Agricultural College, University of New Zealand, 1939)
The pig industry in New Zealand has undergone some degree of expansion over recent years and its present development indicates that the value of the industry as an adjunct to dairying is being more widely appreciated. This ...
An investigation of the foot-rot disease of wheat in New Zealand: with an intensive plant mortality and yield investigation in five fields affected with the disease
(Canterbury Agricultural College, University of New Zealand, 1935)
The wheat crop is affected by a number of diseases, some of which can be controlled by relatively simple practices on the part of the grower. There are other wheat diseases which do not admit of simple straightforward ...
Irrigation in Canterbury : [thesis, Master of Agricultural Science, Lincoln College]
(Canterbury Agricultural College, University of New Zealand, 1939)
During the past, irrigation in New Zealand has been practised to a very limited extent and until the completion of the Redcliff and Levels Schemes was confined solely to Central Otago where an area of some 68,000 acres has ...