GREEN MANURING.

North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13170, 7 October 1914, Page 7

GREEN MANURING.

' AN IMPORTANT POINT. j ' ■-\ ' 1 Simply turning, or half-turning,.vege-table matter half into the soil does not ensure that the proper ferment will take place. It is the complete incorporation with the soil that hastens such decay. The worked follow is much better tlian the uuworked fallow. Ou the latter, nitrification has not set in, afltl this Ib why land in orchards should be .well rolled after turning in green or soiling crops during the later winter or early spring, anil should be followed with light; cultivation, so as to induce nitrification. Turning .vegetable, matter half into the soil during/the summer ja beneficial in tho way of keeping the top part oC.the ijoil open, enabling any rain to get -well' down,, the lower part cooler during tho hot season; "Reyqinl this there .Is nothing gained; fi'oin suchj/it 'eertainly ig not eonyerteil into the necessary huiljuß un.til it is thoroughly incorporated with the,soil. •' ■"