MANURES FOR CROPS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 424, 5 February 1909, Page 2

MANURES FOR CROPS.

WHAT PROFESSOR LOWRIE FOUND BEST. ' FAItIISRS' OWK'MIMtJRES. ■' In'a recent article on "the maintenance of : ffertility,'.' l'rotessor AV. Lowne. late of'liln- : ; c'cTlri .. College,', tha i foUdWr': tins' observations Oli.thO bubjett of manures i*— ; ., "So far-as. this/farm goes. it is indicated. ' .that I 'phosphate' -manures arc'most'profitable.' They, feed the plant'and oiltoUfage. the hitro^. gen 'Using, bacteria and their influence Oil thd - , crops; is...not'.'so'much aifected by : SpSlls-.of ' dry weather. : But I- doubt not,- on a farni ■ •mor©! exhaustively.cropped than this, nitro* .f»-r' genoiis manures such: as dried- blood Or;meat- , scraps; or tafckago from- the -.-freczing.tworka ' • .i?ouid be- necessary,' .and- in this relation'.l * will .say; that I believe -it - would be better iftivthe' {aM^or'HhSyar-:' /: merSi-if -.the- companies, put their manures •01!' .tlio . market ';.assUeh?:alid;;'left ?i(T,'to'? the - ' in-', i. dividual,, at'-./ > r-'~.--:fre'e.zi;ig' £' ;Sbraps:and"alimeiitlit'y;6anaV'offal)were as' well; 'as,- 1 blended ' and prices;v chargejl'.adcprjdihg; ;lt 'jis---#fell V"1 1—r|-irida'j"Vital-; farmer..to''-. 'supptfrt ? the-.'freezing' buying, his ; .'manures;but: it'^•U'iscatcelSf.- for' the'iwdrKS'". ti> y ■ y ipreseribev>for ',his..' land, ■■ and- it; will \stretch ! his loyalty to have to-buy m-'the-blend what |.ho may not need,;and pay the cost of blend' ■ ing,' which . lie -would gladly and might to■?-, ; . v. i' | have done hinisolf for his particiilar : tieeds!..>:;: A- ■! '^y.s'4 i. "I Will-fcloSe-this article by.setting out'm ;the l)rqadesttahd,;m6st general Way. the practice'of manuring: which experience on th).s farm' seems' to. juslii'y.—••, ;■ %.'I : "AVheat-.r-li t0:.2 owts. per acre:of super-. .- : phosphate-'or basic • slag. When. growing ■ .wheat after - Whtat, - Superphosphate and dried - , . i blood' 2 to:l, or. superphosphate- and special: kale manure,-".half and half. ■ - . Barley.—About 200lbs-. of superphosphate. ;. • Peas and Vet-chejs.—l} to 2 cwte. of super- ->. ■■■■<■■ phosphates . mixed : with- wood ashes - as ■ far as this last is obtainable,, and 5 owtsrof • ground quick-hiuo applied before sowing, v■ to-2 -owts. of : supcrphos- ... phates mised. with-ai-litt-le wood Aihes, or 1 cwt.' - of' superphosplittte and {to 1, owt. :■of ;j ; .} -.-v----basic slap blen4o<l'.-immediately before, sowing, or on veryiopen thin eoilsj i owt. dried blood and,lJ cvvt. of .superphosphate. '' .: "ltapo.—2 owts. of Spedial vkalo .mannre— - a blend of superphosphate, bono diist and; dried blood,, made \ip by the Canterbury Fro- ■ zen Moat Company. , . '.'MangoUs.r—3 -to 4 v cwts.- per acre of admixture of.-the '.following in these, propoftions'f dried , blbbd superph6sphate. 3 parts, bone dust 4,;kainito 4, and sulphate of : potash.lvpartj or; m :tho case V>f -mangolds . after, lea, kale manure and'kainito 3. to 1 ( : ; or theieabout v "Such manurlng a very few"years, ■ :bHng . a fullest .'fertility, when tho amount applied can bfl'gradually reduced 'to half the quint-ity or thereabout. Of. course many considerations v must modify . the - applications, but'/chieflythe of " V. ■the cropping and -tho' proportion of graSs : oft tho farm; I'ermanent pastures will respond profitably,, to ait O p.: dressing. of - basic slag. ■ .'fho manure bill on a farm 'of 800 aires under . the indicated practice will range from £150 to nearly £20(} per _anili?m,-. but the increased '. : returns - dUe to: this Outlay will amount •t< ■ niore than double.'thesa figures and; the farn ! ■ will .be from, year -to.%«ar-!gaining* m for tility.".'l'<.}' :f -i-}" :