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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 160, 8 June 1937, Page 5

“The initial response ancl first effect of lime, potasii and oi phosphate manures on a pasture is an increase in vigour and growth of the existing clovers whether Jthey be annuals, such as suckling and subterranean, or perennial, such as' white clover,” said Mr C, J. Hamblyn, Superintendent of tbe Fields Division of the Department of Agriculture, when speaking at, a recent meeting on Bio subject of fortjjisens. “The next response is in the grasses which benefit from the increased nitrogen supply provided by the clovers, but the full response is obtained only where full _ utilisation of the increased clover growth: is made by stock and the stock manure. returned • directly, to the pasture producing the feed. The full response is not obtained where only portions of an area are top-dressed as iri the trials being conducted in various paris of this section of the North Island.”