[Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Hill country east of Stratford with skeletal soils of yellow-brown earths. A mild climate, high rainfall, and a quick drop in fertility after the virgin forest was removed have favoured reversion to scrub and bush. On the very steep slopes soils are derived from the underlying sandstone and mudstone. The easier slopes are covered with andesitic ash. Liming is not necessary, but the easier slopes can be held in production only by fairly regular dressings of phosphatic fertilisers. Potash responses are likely after some years of intensive farming.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 93, Issue 1, 16 July 1956, Page 45
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94[Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Hill country east of Stratford with skeletal soils of yellow-brown earths. A mild climate, high rainfall, and a quick drop in fertility after the virgin forest was removed have favoured reversion to scrub and bush. On the very steep slopes soils are derived from the underlying sandstone and mudstone. The easier slopes are covered with andesitic ash. Liming is not necessary, but the easier slopes can be held in production only by fairly regular dressings of phosphatic fertilisers. Potash responses are likely after some years of intensive farming. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 93, Issue 1, 16 July 1956, Page 45
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