PRODUCTION OF HAY
MANURE AND PHOSPHATE Dung is an excellent manure for h. ’ production. Lt supplies ni.rugen and potash in sufficient <(uantities. but i> ie lativcly poor in prosphoric acid. Con.- '- quentiy it tends to produce quanti.y rather than quali y. This can In* i med.ed by supplementing the iiianu e. with a separate dressing of basic siag <>r finely ground rock of phosphate, tliegemanures euv luraging clovers and fim*r A further effect of dung on ga .s land is the production of car.y grazing , before shutting up for hay. tne sheltri j provided by me surface dressing the nitrogenous effect probably being responsible for this. The British Journal of Agriculture says t.hat an uppLcation of ten toils of dung together with basic slag providing about 16011) ot phosphoric. acid (from (5 to 1(1 cwt according lo grade), every three years, has been found satisfactory
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 81, 5 April 1930, Page 24 (Supplement)
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