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Work is to start shortly on the bulk fertiliser store to be erected for the East Coast Farmers' Fertiliser Co. Ltd., at Matawhero. Looking over the site, where a complete fertiliser works plant is envisaged in the future, are Messrs B. S. Williams (chairman of directors), S. McGuinness (the company's Gisborne representative during land negotiations), T. A. Witters (Gisborne director) and R. A. Warburton (general manager).

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Piloting the newest addition to the range of large items of agricultural machinery to be found in the Poverty Bay district is Denzil Judd. The combination is a Case 931 G.P. tractor and Duncab Broadmore discs. The tractor is a six cylinder diesel of 105 hp with a 50 gallon fuel capacity and the first of its kind in the North Island. The discs which are 15' wide are shown in use on Mr Walter Judd's property at Manutuke.

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The Broadmore discs, which are shown here, can be folded up from the centre thus making for greater ease in transport.

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Out of Mr Keith Bartram's garden came these two oversized beetroot, one weighing 91bs with a circumference of 27 inches and the other 6lbs and 24 inches.
Holding the vegetables are Barbara Greaves and Shirley Horton.

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Used by the Jones Brothers, Tolaga Bay, in the course of their agricultural contracting work is this tractor with iron wheels. Especially made for the job, the vehicle is used for working in mud and on the hills.

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Puzzle! Find the sheep.
Pictured on Mr and Mrs Maurice Combe's property at Bushmere are these sheep feeding on, field pumpkins. Grown for winter feed, the pumpkins are almost as big as sheep and are broken open as required for the animals to feed on.