SUPPLEMENTS HELP SOIL FERTILITY

Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26856, 8 October 1952, Page 6

SUPPLEMENTS HELP SOIL FERTILITY

The value of animal droppings In building balanced soil fertility depends largely on the content of the ration being fed to animals grazing in the paddock. Nitrogen and. humus can be built up, and so Can vitally important mineral elements, the presence of which can give added value to future pasture growth and nutrition.

Under ordinary grazing conditions, and more particularly where carrying capacity has been increased, it is always necessary to replace the steady loss of phosphorus and ultimately the loss of potash and possibly some minor element*. Lime is required to balance the acid tendency which develops as nitrogen and humus content is built up and to replace the calcium used both by soil bacteria and stock. Phosphorus is also required to exercise a balancing effect on accumulated animal droppings. This-is the reason why there cannot possibly be any waste when "PeerlesS” Sheep Nuts are fed out to flocks. Any portion of these scientifically compounded nuts which is not fully assimilated by sheep is automatically returned to the soil, thereby adding valuable manurial qualities and balance to soil fertility. Without having a predetermined knowledge of the soil content of a paddock it is impossible to assess the true building and balancing worth ot your supplementary feed, but close observation of future pasture growth, and the nutritive quality Of that growth, enables a reasonable estimate to be made. You can always be «ure of this—when you feed out "Peerless” Sheep Nuts you are supplying balanced nutrition to your flocks, plus balanced fertility to the soil. “Peerless’’ Sheep Nut, are available from merchants or send order, giving local merchant’s name, to D. H. Brown and Son, Ltd., P.O. Box 242, Christchurch, C.l. Advt.