THE NECESSITY FOR MANURE.
Plants or crops do not feed on soil, they do not eat it. It is not food for them, but simply the larder which contains it, and if you do not keep this larder replenished crops languish; while weeds you must regard as robbers of the larder, for they live on the same kind of food as useful crops do and, if permitted, will take the best share. Hoeing the ground on- warm, sunny days makes the crops grow. By hoeing, the warm air resting on the surface is admitted to the moisture below, the roots move more quickly in consequence, appropriating the food supplied, wfth that already stored in the larder —the earth.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 181, 1 August 1936, Page 6 (Supplement)
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118THE NECESSITY FOR MANURE. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 181, 1 August 1936, Page 6 (Supplement)
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