THE LOSS OF LIME
MEAN'S OF EXHAUSTION. No soil ran produce hoahhy and abundant crops unless it contains an adequate supply of limo, and therefore the question of liming is one. which should occupy lhe attention of all farmers. A dressing of lime becomes ex hausted in several ways: it is soluble to some extent, and is washed out by rains; this is proved by its presence in drainage water. From a plot al Rothatrusted as much as 2501 b per acre has been found in Ihr gauge tha* catches drainage water. Hi addition t<» that soira-e of l- -s. lime is used up when it ."cts (tn tl."' soluldi' phospna i•■ of superphosphate .applied to the land: ii h’ - valuable etlert ol causing the soluble phosphate l-o revert, am! while precipitating it in a very fine U‘»wdrr through the soil, it the phosphate from being washed away. And when sulphate of ammonia is applied as a fertiliser. <i portion of thlime in the soil combines with the acid of the nitrogenons fertiliser, ami '.bus is no longer available. On considering these ways of h»s--f-irmers will realise that it is essential on most soils to apply every few years (i dressing of lime to maintain fertility. [ ; =
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19366, 24 July 1925, Page 8
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206THE LOSS OF LIME Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19366, 24 July 1925, Page 8
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