TILL YOUR LAND. To the Editor of the Weekly News.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXII, Issue 2822, 11 August 1866, Page 5

TILL YOUR LAND. To the Editor of the Weekly News.

Snt, — It will doubtless be admitted that this is a question of vital importance to the settlers, and that success or failure depends in a great measure upon the attention -which is paid to this matter. There are undoubtedly many favoured spots in New Zealand which may be cropped for years without the application of manure ; but, as a general rule, in order to succeed it is requisite to work and till your land. Bone dust and guano probably may be applied with advantage, where they can be had readily at a moderate price ; but in remote situations the original cost, freight, and transit, preclude the possibility of using them, especially where the means of the settlers are limited. Perhaps some of your valued correspondents, who have paid attention to this matter, would say, .whether manure made in the stockyard could not be increased by collecting natural vegetation as litter to mix with it. What kinds of vegetaiton are most suitable—containing the best fertilising properties ? What is the best means of hastening their decomposition? I am, 4c, Delta.