THE SPRING DRESSING OF GRASS PADDOCKS.

Waipawa Mail, Volume 3, Issue 210, 15 September 1880, Page 3

THE SPRING DRESSING OF GRASS PADDOCKS.

Air Abraham Lincoln, in his quarterly report, makes the following remarks on the above subject;—“Pastures in the spring ought not to be neglected, as composts of various substances containing manurial properties are preferable to any one single constituent, and it is advisable to prepare this compost heap a mouth or two before being used. In a recent lecture upon this subject, Professor J. P. Sheldon says:—‘lt is well for the farmers to have their manures intended for pastures ( particularly their phosphatie manures) in stock two or three months before they use them ; by keeping, the solubility of the phosphate is more or less reduced, and in so far it is improved as a fertilising agent. The action of tha manure is thus made more lasting, and there is a less liability of its being washed through the soil and lost.’ He adds also : —‘The time of year when grassland should be top-dressed is tho period in spring when the grass is on the point of vigorous growth. Whenever applied, it is highly expedient to choose damp weather for the purpose, if damp weather can be had ; a day’s rain, after a top-dressing, is a golden shower to tho farmer.’ ”