PASTURE NEEDS.
PHOSPHATE AND LIME. It has been definitely proved that in the “good fattening” pastures of Britain the ash of the grass plants contains a high percentage of lime and phosphate, while the bad fattening pastures contain a low percentage. .If .the good pastures of Britain are good because of the lime and phosphate the grass contains it is even more important, says the Hawke’s Bay Herald, that the grass of New Zealand dairying pastures should contain a. high percentage of phosphate and lime seeing that the cattle obtain their solo nourishment from them and that they are grazed on them practically the whole year. Emphatically lime and phosphate are the most important mineral requirements of our pastures, not only for tho sake of maximum milk production but in order that our cattle may be kept in vigorous health.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LX, Issue 10832, 2 April 1932, Page 1
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140PASTURE NEEDS. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LX, Issue 10832, 2 April 1932, Page 1
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