NOTICE TO FARMERS REGARDING FERTILIZERDILUTION SUBSTANCE.
The attention of the Department has been called to a substance purchased by a northern' farmer for the purpose of diluting fertilizers. This, on analysis, was found to consist of approximately equal parts of ground . limestone and carbon, the latter probably derived from coal. The plice charged was £4 10s. per ton, and the farmer reports that the price has since been increased to £6. The matter is being further investigated, but in the meantime the facts are published for general information.
Elephant- Mr. R. S. Warwick, Rongokokako, writes that he obtained seed of this forage-plant from Australia three years ago, and grew it at Taueru, near Masterton. It came up fairly well, and reached a height of about 5 ft. The season was very droughty, and while all other surrounding herbage dried up the elephant-grass remained green and succulent-looking. It would not stand the comparatively severe frosts experienced in the Wairarapa, however, and died out in the succeeding winter.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XVIII, Issue 4, 21 April 1919, Page 197
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166NOTICE TO FARMERS REGARDING FERTILIZERDILUTION SUBSTANCE. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XVIII, Issue 4, 21 April 1919, Page 197
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