WORK TO BE DONE.
Asparagus. Beds of asparagus should be given a good dressing of stable manure without delay, a top-dressing of salt or of kainit of potash will be of benefit. Fruit Trees. Where basic slag is intended for the orchard. May and June are the best months to apply. Experiments have proved that this fertiliser gives the best results when applied to this season; 5 to 6 ewt to the acre is a fair dressing, but if the land is poor 10 cwt will not be too much. Kainit can be sown at the same time, and mixed with the slag it helps to make the sowing less unpleasant. Slag should always be sown on a still day: there is great waste in sowing when it is windy. At J*
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 20, 19 May 1909, Page 39
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132WORK TO BE DONE. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 20, 19 May 1909, Page 39
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