AUSTRALIAN BOY'S ESSAY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 717, 17 January 1910, Page 8

AUSTRALIAN BOY'S ESSAY.

WW:'V: U'l .'./' , -:. , ■/ j r v;;i"-;!?j?e:followihg;cssay J .on green manuring,' fei fc^: H 'years','.oVpupifcqf'. p/fcEvi'terglehVyiticflijJral:; will 'bo'' p, interesting'to; the! New; Zealand' biiys : - who' [y,;..'flre : ■■-•.':'■"'; '■ i .' i ?^ o^^Js':'a: storehouse '.a/factoryi. fer'• '■?• b'ei&use! 'iii; the }';3-^i^??'* : '*%^.!! t l l e : ''maWribb":Sß'efied : .for fcSj-'jie-plant .to jixe.'j. : a'factory' nv;;'^Mn^it!yao'S;/pn : ;:the'se;--'iria^rjils/'' ; (sofft- .rendering,. tKcm';'ready' : for.'' the Tplant to !i':.v.le'e'd.Gf>D.^\'^r' / *r^;;'y/\';/:■';■ ,: >'■'•-,./;:".-. - I ?.-'■=//"ThereiTare:ind-other' waysi.of'■ pernia-t'i-nentlj-: improving ,the ,soil-.,g6,efficiently |:Wi ai >f ■' s °:.cheaply as-preen,'manuring./- it ~-; a<las,,valuable-inatohals"and also;enables \: ; '-.\ certain-'ruseilil jcha.ngesv.lo'-:take place in Xv:-;the.;,-«il:',;".H6avy..- Idn4> is ■loosened '.by f. j^hunros./ yHiiimis: 'ma' sill mo-re p>;'absorbent, enables' it to', retain / moisture j.fi and a warmth," permits air toenter-;- , and i»':ra]lbws"tKe'useful".bacteria'-to .wprti Dot- §■;■■: ter.T.Thb. best-.sort/' of plants for' groei f'i.manuring'. aro: podbearing plants. , - These I//Vplants. , -can .tako. nitrogen' from ■ the: air , . f'.-v."y]meaiis ofibactoria/'.The bacteria make , E;-" their home: in.-.the 'little Modules -'on the Toots of.; th'e6e,"plants,*:and '"arei thought , ;Vi,;::.by .some people't6;be a-diseased .".'. •' '■ py -;''The;.;best>tiine, to plougli':in/a green c m;fuU--bi*mi' i -foiitne,T; f>:.: : it'is.ri(!hest.rlt.has stored .up .food, ready -J/ifor;'the,pod. > : 'lho. water, carbonic acid jl-V-v.gasj;; fermentation' :gbrnis, ...,and'. bacteria' j;;:;:cause = the : vpMt ; -to decay; f. .This!/sets; up' (,'■•;•;: chemical .changes in: tho; soil,' w.hich ; turn'. K': t He, insoluble or -dormant ■ parts' of' the eoili j)...;-:;|ntp.active or soluble plant food. '.Grow-. fi: i'ing,'.planted get wriie;,ofi.tneir'. food .from tMt ; the' ,, '- , enb»ih'\ ,, '-Thie':is ; -'-'dep , Mi{ett i \in-Vlhe' fir,Burface '. soil -by -'green■> manuring.; ■ Green. , [~'.';.; manuring; the,6qil\by,t— ::-<■ .-'.• ; ( ;;. w.;.■;U'l. Thei!addition^-of 'numus;''which'helps'■ to', keep, the 'soil lo6sc'.'; "[:.:■:,-.::•■''. ;■/'. | : .iF;32.'The/addition 'of'.nitrogen.^' , ; !/ te!■;3/Tlie decay o£'plants acting chemically p ; -:«mvthe .soil;-;v.;. : i.; j.-; ,'.•,■■.';;";::>-!.■"■'-?;Vv; i ; : .» f ':.:i.vLiberatihg'-.'th'e' fdod; drawn'up from' Bγ6ribsoi!,v;:fi;V; : :!;:^,;'.;i:\.v'.;■:/..;':;■;. :'■ Si ;i i-??v■l^-^:Enabling'_ bac ; te'ria\'to^do : good;work.:; V r .:'i' J.C;'Adding.-''considerable'-" of; i 1, , -; i'. ..''Qiee'ii; man'-aring 'is- 'specially': valuable Kfetf.the;orchard.and-Tinoyard.'t'. y. : ?;.V'\ ~''