HESKETT SLAG Many soils of high-rainfall parts of New Zealand lack Lime, and contain large quantities of Iron and Allumina, which rob the farmer of about four-fifths of every ton of WaterSoluble Phosphates spread on these soils; a Basic Slag contains, among other minerals, large quantities of a nonacid chemical compound known as Calcium-Silico-Phosphate which, it is claimed, has the power of unlocking these dormant minerals from the soil. The phosphates of a Basic Slag cannot be locked up by these soils because they are already combined in a form easily digested by the root acids as they need them. .■' ' ' ../> - /' ' Made in New Zealand for New Zealand Soils. Finely ground and packed 18 bags to the ton, it is delivered /' f.o.r. Huntly, Waikato. Obtainable from Merchants and Dairy Companies or from the Chief Distributors— Arthur Yates & Co., Ltd. Whangarei : AUCKLAND : New Plymouth
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 63, Issue 4, 15 October 1941, Page 309
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