FOUNDATION OF FERTILITY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 706, 4 January 1910, Page 8

FOUNDATION OF FERTILITY.

y::^ is far .more valuable" thai we'i think. \lt fertilises the soil more than! :manure.-.';lt makes it warm. It is the- : sponge that; holds moisture in time ■ of; . drought.'-It-is; the,playground of tho : ■millions, of microbes-that'-are said to make the;soiLdigestible. .Take.away the" humus; and you 'take: away moisture, niel-' lqwness,: and .fertility.v, You make'agriculture a struggle and; the soil: a sterile; ; harsh.yn.ass.ii.pt .xbek \particles: ■: ; :■ By elf .means 'keep iip:the';stock*of .hiimus.- -V -the brighter side of. the weeds;''nuisance." '..While weeds thatseriously.interfere with the: proper grow- ! ; ,|ng:,of, the-crop arempt ■ to; be - ;desired; arb :bccasions when* weeds may. grow' without causing trouble. 'That may hap^' ipen. in; a-. fallow course or: in an • orchard right" • kmd , ;.majr > -,easi3y^bycbme ic no ; 'to- : -rbt'. and - becpirie :humns.they.; rip lpnger fulfil --tne--conditiott?.bf of place.-'.; .JFarmers ':wlio ■■ are ; striving with ■ soils into' Jfobd .heart>may,:.well : -.sit-;doWTi -and'reon-' sider,;.tli.e'.■.virtues,;of It is the foundation; of fertility. •.- :1 V'".." (::■.:''. '..•:,'

DANNEVIRKE A. AWpH P. ASSOCIATION; ■•'«' to-.fay'f issue' ; -notified.;that "the' first ■• annual show of Dannevirko A.' aid , P. ■• Association, will.; be.: held p n Friday. iFpbruary.ll.iand.thatpme'schedules may: pe ,obtained;on? application' tc-the secreStreet, Bannevirie.'.ijt, is less than three months.since '- it was' de?ided"< to fornix an BBricultural and .pastoral' association ■ for' ..the ; ■:panne,yutC'd»trlot»iib'utM&e'.' project'has■ been ;tik'on'■rcp. bo -well.--'tha't" even" at this. early ;■ stage: /indications! point -to i anccess.V,; Although .the canvassing has not yet ■ been'completed;■.th'erp are , already between 350,; and <4Oo...members.'enrolled; Special and, private'prizes; for ythe forthcoming show reach -a!-, total'of nfarly JE2CO; and-the' .7alue" of theiprize-liatVailtoßether< amounts to , ; £450. Under ;ttfe "heading "of "Competitions,": soma very; good prizes are offered. For instance; in the' Open Hunters' Oompe- '. ktfbri.l'the firsVWize'\ft Vortn 15. guineas;' Maiden.i'Hnntcrs,, 7.' guineas,' and -Ladies' Hunters, 5 :guineas.' .-.Mr.. James Arm-'■■ ■strong Ms president '■-■'of--■ the* , association: Messrs.. W. i Eose - and li.;'O.' Bathborie,- vicepresidents; while the committee of. management, is a representative one/ : It •is notiHed' ittthe advertisement 'that"entries 'for : the -show: close-January.-28,.. at. 9 p.m.: -A : ram; fair: takes.-.place'the : .day ;; after , the show,, and the closing date of-gentries therefor , .; is .al so notified..; __:..i ~. :••.-■ ■ ' -ijiV- --i-.j *JB,\i--j,..\i ri.A q>/./w').o -<;.-?- ~■■■': . -