LIME AND MANURES.

Putaruru Press, Volume V, Issue 178, 31 March 1927, Page 6

LIME AND MANURES.

POINTS TO REMEMBER. j Clovers often fail through lack of I lime in the soil, and it is invariably | profitable to apply lime in the carbouI ate form when sowing pasture seeds. [ As to manures, the basic super may be used with the greatest confidence, or it may be applied in conjunction with a little bonodust. Bones are not profitable, however, on heavy clay soils, as they are too slow in action^ When the crop is dug with the forks, selection is easy, as the tubers from the most prolific aud disease-free plants me simply put to one side without much trouble. A good plan is to throw two rows into one, the selected tubers being placed on the opposite side. If the digging is don e by machinery the crop must be gone over before the foliage lies down in order to mark the best plants with a stake, and these when ripe are dug with the hand loi k before machine digging commences. Of course, if the crop is uniformly good, a selection may be made from the bulk. It is always advisable to go over the whole crop carefully, when in full flower, and dig all the plants that are not of the variety planted. This work is generally called “roguing. ’’ << Rogue ,> plants that are not in flower, may generally be detected by a difference in the foliage. The selecting of seed tubers from individual plants means a little extra labour, buc it is labour that always yields a very handsome return.