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elements are applied separately, and Potassic 

 Superphosphate should always be preferred 

 where the indications are that soils or crops will 

 be benefited by an addition of these two elements 

 only. 



Complete Fertilisers 



Complete Fertilisers is the name applied to 

 those fertilisers which contain all three of the 

 principal elements of plant food, viz., Nitrogen, 

 Phosphate, and Potash, in varying proportions 

 and degrees of availability obtained from those 

 different sources which long experience has 

 proved to be most suitable for the requirements 

 of individual crops, giving due consideration to 

 the soil, climate, and rainfall. 



Experiments or demonstrations conducted 

 year after year by our agricultural 

 colleges, county instructors, and Complete 

 others all over the United Kingdom, J^"^. 

 show conclusively that the most able 

 profitable results invariably follow 

 the use of Complete Fertilisers. 



It is, however, claimed that the cost of mixed 

 Complete Fertilisers is usually exces- 

 sive, and that farmers would save Alleged Ex- 

 money and consult their best in- cessiveCoet 

 terests by buying the separate of Complete 

 materials and mixing them together Fertlll8ers - 

 on the farm. 



From a purely theoretical standpoint it is a 



