Compost Plant?
Sir,—The United Kingdom Agriculture Adviser, Mr T. W. W. Jones, says that most farmers considering an intensification of cropping, particularly in Canterbury, were concerned about the possible lowering of soil organic matter content because this could create soil structure problems in some areas. Are we to continue wasting vast quantities of organic matter surplus to Christchurch, Dunedin, and other cities when it is needed on the land? The bonfire and Aranui smell season is nearly on us once again, but because Christchurch has apparently endured this nuisance for 90 years people seem prepared to accept it. In Dunedin, where untreated sewage
la pumped out to sea, “trace materials” are sometimes washed up on beaches. Must motorways take priority over public health matters and will we continue to waste vital organic matter and disregard this aspect of soil conservation?—Yours, etc., PATRICK NEARY. September 20,1969.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32099, 22 September 1969, Page 14
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