70 FERTILISERS AS AN AID TO 



July or, approximately five months after applica- 

 tion of the manures, the grass was cut and the 

 yields of hay were found to be as follows, per 

 acre : 



Cwts, Qrs. Lbs, 

 Where no Manure was applied ... ... ... 7 3 4 



Super 30 %, 4 cwt. ; Lime and Potash ... 23 i 4 



Basic Slag, 6 cwt., and same quantity of Potash 20 2 4 



There can be little doubt but that water- 

 soluble phosphate is the most profitable form in 

 which to apply this indispensable 

 unexhausted j t f d f it beneficial effects 



Manurial f -r- 



Values. begin almost at once. rarmers 

 ought to lose no time in adopting 

 such very profitable methods of manuring 

 their pastures, for in these days of intense 

 farming no one can afford to employ slow 

 acting phosphatic fertilisers, for which no 

 compensation is to be obtained for unexhausted 

 manurial value due to the " lasting " properties 

 sometimes claimed for them. 



Old permanent pastures which have been 

 grazed continuously are, as we have stated pre- 

 viously, usually rich in nitrogen, and 



Fertilisers to es p ec i a n v on c i av so il, may often 



1 oy8 ' need only a dressing of high grade 

 XXX superphosphate to very greatly improve 

 the herbage. If the soil is of a lighter char- 

 acter (sand, gravel, peat, or chalk), and some- 

 times even on the heavier soils, it will be 

 preferable to use potassic superphosphate in- 

 stead, because it supplies both soluble phosphate 

 and potash combined in suitable proportions and 



