VALUE OF MANURES
ARTIFICIAL AND ANIMAL. j Animal manure increase the moisti ure-holding capacity of the soil, and is indispensable. Artificials, on the ! other hand, while affording very neces- , sary food, require the presence of moisture before the plants can absorb it. Both descriptions of manure should ; therefore be utilised, the one to supple- | ment the other. With ample animal S manure, it ‘is possible to do without 1 artificials, but where the animal manI ure is limited, while artificials are not | a complete substitute, they will make ’ the animal manure go further, and I thus are a great boon to growers. Several of them, moreover, may be applied just when the crops are ready for the stimulation they require, an important advantage also because of the fact that the quantities applied may be so regulated as to reduce waste to a minimum. Dig in animal manure for potatoes, cabbages, and peas, and beans, b;:t do not use it for such roots as carrots, parsnips, and beet.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18832, 21 March 1931, Page 10 (Supplement)
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167VALUE OF MANURES Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18832, 21 March 1931, Page 10 (Supplement)
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