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Southland Times, Issue 23793, 15 April 1939, Page 18

TRACTORS Special Values in Second Hands. MODEL L CASE. New Pneumatics. New Guarantee. 15/30 McCORMICK DEERING. Good Pneumatics. Mechanically Sound. 12/20 CASE. Thoroughly Reconditioned and Repainted. 12/20 CASE. As traded but exceptionally good order. JOHN CHAMBERS & SON, LTD. TAY STREET, INVERCARGILL.

Farmers Concrete Products Co. GREAT NORTH ROAD, WINTON. FARMERS’— Our CONCRETE PIPES make the modern culvert at lowest cost. If you require POSTS, SALT BOXES. WATER TROUGHS, PIG TROUGHS, GATES, CHAFF FEEDERS, etc., get our price delivered on the farm. WE STAND BEHIND OUR PRODUCTS WITH A FULL GUARANTEE OF SATISFACTION AND WORKMANSHIP.

LIME One of the world’s basic commodities Widely available, and one of the least expensive of all manufactured products, LIME is an example, of Nature’s splendid generosity. She has a way of being niggardly with non-essentials such as gold and diamonds,, but she is always liberal in meeting our vital needs. . . . LIME is an absolute necessity to Mother Earth. BALFOUR Carbonate o£ Lime TELEPHONE 21 - - BALFOUR

A New Year Announcement! " M MACHiN M E LK,N<i ( - - THE “MAJOR MILKER ” The above combination has been made by arrangement between THOS. SHIELS LTD., of INVERCARGILL, and THE GORDON VACUUM BREAK MILKERS LTD., of AUCKLAND. enabling us to supply the Dairy Farmers of Southland and Otago with THE BEST MILKING MACHINE EVER OFFERED TO DAIRYMEN IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD. Your present Plant can be converted to a “MAJOR G.V.8.” Milker. We invite your inquiries and investigations. THOS. SHIELS LTD. DON STREET, INVERCARGILL. ’PHONE 1876. P-O. BOX 352.'

Extract from a paper by J. M. Smith, called "MANURIAL PRACTICE IN OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND," quoted from the proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association Conference for 1937. MR. SMITH SAID:"The use of potassic manures opens up a new era in topdressing in Southland, and some very striking responses to this type of fertilizer have been reported. The manure, usually applied to grass land is 30% potash salt and in this sound practice is being adopted. Generally speaking, the use of potash strengthens up the clovers in the sward, a very necessary factor in a high-production pasture. Not that super or slag do not build up the clovers, but cases have been observed where phosphatic manures have failed to bring the clovers away satisfactorily and where potash has had the desired result. Another bearing that potash is claimed to have on pastures in Southland is in connection with that very elusive quantity—portability. It is stated that some farmers have had rather disappointing results as far as the 'grazability' of the pasture is concerned, and that the application of lewt. of 30% potash has made all the difference with regard to stock relishing the pasture growth, which difference has been reflected in production in general, and in the percentage of lambs off their mothers in particular. Here again there is much room for extensive experimental work." PHOSPHATES ARE VALUABLE, BUT POTASH MUST BE USED ALSO