HILL PASTURE TESTS
I’S ES () F T()P D RESS ING. Farmers who are farming hill country will be looking forward with interest to the results of experiments being carried out by rhe Department of Agriculture in top-dressing of hill pastures. It must be realised that to obtain any definite information. the results of the manuring should be observed over several years, but results on a Waikanae farm, says a Manawtitu paper, where the superphosphate was broadcasted Fast year, are very promising for so short a period. Definite figures are not available, but it is known that the owner has been able to winter 24 sheep per acre, whereas previously he had only been table to carry two. The extra half-sheep per acre has practically covered the expenses of top-dressing and he will have the increased production of the next two or three years as profit.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19364, 22 July 1925, Page 8
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145HILL PASTURE TESTS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19364, 22 July 1925, Page 8
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