Fertilising Hints
]\ TANY gardeners contend that animal manure is unnecessary on land that is being broken up for the first time. This may be so, providing the turf and weed can be turned in and treated with nitrogenous fertilisers. But if for some reason or other the turf must be removed, or there is little herbage on the plot, then animal manures should certainly be dug in. Quality varies enormously, both according to the way the animals have been fed and to the manner in which the manure has been stored. In fact, such a lot of the value of animal manure is iost in storage that it is really better to get the manure fresh and do the preparation at home. The heap should be made fairly compact and covered in some way so that, though the air can circulate, rain cannot wash the fertilising elements out of it.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24250, 16 April 1942, Page 2
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