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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 302, 9 December 1922, Page 2

Convincing Evidence of the superiority of superpnosphate Extract from the N.Z. Journal of Agriculture, 20th May, 1922, page 285, giving results of Pasture Top-Dressing Experiments conducted by the Department of Agriculture at Te Kuiti: — The fertilizers were applied on Sth and gth September last. These dates were late for slowly soluble fertilizers such as raw rock phosphate and basic slag, but this was unavoidable without missing a season, as the offer of the field was only made to the Department in August last. , The field was shut up in October, and cut and weighed as hay in January. The weighing occupied two days, and was completed on 16th January. The following table gives the first season’s results after the grass was made into hay, and the yields thus recorded:— Iniouui wr Yield per Acre: percent age Increase due to Fertilizer used Anioitn per , Mfan AveragP of Percentage rt-rtiuaii übv . Acre. Three Plots. iieiu. Fertilizer. Cwt. qr. lb. Check No manure : 23 220 100.0 ... Basic slag .. .. 3 cwt. ' 29 016 123.0 23.0 Superphosphate 3 cwt. ; 41 0 19 1'3.8 '3.8 Rock phosphate ... ’ 3 cwt. I 29 1 3 1-3.6 23.6 Superphosphate ... 3 cwt. ) p?r n . Ground limestone... 1 ton ) 41 21/ 1i0.9 «5.9 Rock phosphate ... i 3 cwt. ) Ground limestone... 1 ton i) 27 1 1* H 0.7 lo.< QUICKEST (Hid BEST RESULTS Obtained from SUPERPHOSPHATE Every Unit of Water Soluble Phosphate in Superphosphate is available as plant food immediately after application. Full supply Superphosphate (all grades) available from all Merchants and Storekeepers, or direct from the Manufacturers. ,