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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22822, 5 March 1936, Page 14

e LAMBING PERCENTAGES INCREASED EXTEND PASTURE GROWTH SEVERAL WEEKS in LATE AUTUMN Autumn Top Dressing with Super materially increases the late Autumn growth, gives pastures vigour to winter satis* faotorily and assures good Autumn feed of great value (amongst other things) for flushing ewes. (*Page 3) The value of herbage with a proper phosphatic content as a result of regular Autumn Top-Dressing with Super is shown by important increases in Lambing percentages. A good fresh pasture of high mineral content means that ewes are carried in good thriving condition right up to lambing. (*Page 2) EARLIER SPRING FEED FOR STOCK Growth starts much earlier in the Spring with Autumn TopDressed pastures . . . this helps to bridge the gap in stock feeding during lean months and reduces the amount of subsidiary crops required to carry stock over. (*Page 3) INCREASE YOUR PERCENTAGE OF FAT LAMBS OFF THE MOTHERS Fat lambs off the mothers reach very high percentages when pastures are regularly Top-Dressed with Super. On many runs practically all lambs now go away fat straight from top-dressed grass. On other properties, Fat Lambs averaged 120 to 146 per cent, over past few years. (*Pages 2,9, 10, 11, 13 and IS) WEIGHT AND QUALITY OF WOOL IMPROVED Sulphur is the mineral required by sheep for the production of “Cystine,” an essential element of wool. It is not generally known that “Super” and “Reverted Phosphate” contain ■I-.-. 10 per cent. Sulphur, while insoluble phosphates do not contain any sulphur. This explains why Top-Dressing with “Super” improves both the quality and weight of wool. Runholders report throughout the South Island increases in weight of wool up to 211 b per fleece. (*Pages 13 and 14) SAFEGUARD YOUR PASTURE AGAINST A POSSIBLE DRY SEASON In Canterbury, South Otago and Southland this summer, Hay Crops on land that had been regularly Top-Dressed with “Super” gave astonishingly heavy yields compared with paddocks to which no “Super” had been applied. This was commented on in the press. (*Page S) done, IMPROVE THE NUTRITIVE VALUE OF YOUR GRASSES Analysis of pastures shows that regular Top-Dressing increases the Phosphate and Protein content as much as' 100 per cent. In other words, ample Top-Dressing with “Super” assures herbage with a high mineral content essential to , the good health and proper growth of stock. (*Page S) *: ■’ • *• * ■■ • ■; * RESTORE EXHAUSTED PASTURES By regular Autumn Top-Dressing with “Super” land that carried practically no stock now carries 5 ewes to the acre. (*Pag* 13) :■ Jr ' ■ POOR THIRD-CLASS LAND CONVERTED TO HIGH-CARRYING CAPACITY 5 300 acres that barely carried 200 ewes was Top-Dressed in 1920 and then carried just under 500 ewes. In the same year 132 acres of undeveloped land was added and a policy •• of regular Autumn Top-Dressing followed. In the 1934-35 season this land carried 1200 ewes with 1525 lambs, 200 dry .tj sheep and 120 head of cattle. (*Page IS) TUSSOCK COUNTRY MATERIALLY IMPROVED By inducing clover growth and by improving the palatability of low-grade herbage Tussock Country has been vastly improved by Top-Dressing. (*Page 12) t Autumn Topdrcssi n g ★ The reference to different pages refers to the booklet “Autumn Top-Dressing” ... if you have not received a copy of this latest publication, send your name and address to : FERTILISERS (SOUTH ISLAND, N.Z.) LTD., BOX 383, DUNEDIN, and a copy will be sent you by return mail. mm