Ploughing under green crops is & meth<d often resorted to fa order W procure »» active humus, and while Sfta pracMcs »* jrood ifc should sdU be remouibered tl»B|» ?ar more satisfactory result is nuwbce when the plants are aU<«ved tv reaca maturity, wither and thru l»PloMb» under, tbo advantaffes of thle bttef method may be mmmcd up as coneieMn» In;— 1. The cireumstaoeu that n»tn« dried-op plant** decay in the aoU, wWIe green pfaots uader^ o aQ«StK fenoentanen* i has losing a large portion of the cart»mo X add, which no farmer can atiord ?0 io«« tas it in an effective solvent Iα the eno*. -.RTband laboratory oJ oar flelds. **» caueea mature plant h«- el » b «» t S5 l B, I SB more plant food from bptb • he >I w S*S atmoephere than ihe half or P"**yjf®s2 plant, thus by its decay «««!««.»« . aata«aiabla»lttutfood.-~(7oiH»tfV<?e»<*w»* s,,
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Press, Volume XLVIL, Issue 7712, 18 November 1890, Page 2
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