BASIC SLAG.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1220, 31 August 1911, Page 8

BASIC SLAG.

HOW IT SHOULD BE APPLIED.

.Replying to a querr as to what' quantity of baf-is- slag it. is most advisable to apply io dairying ground and as to how long fitcck should l:e kept' oft" the ;>ra?s after the manure has fcwn'sowii, the Director of the Fislds and Experiment Farms of the Agricultural Department eays that basic sla.c- has boon used wivh iiiost gratifying results,in quantities varying from :i('.\vi. to lOcwt. per acre. The usual practice is to top-dress Jaiirl with from 2cwt. to Ic.wt. Iu biit few instance* have greater <n\<mtitips thau uewt. been miplied: not that it is ncce«arily unpro"rablp, but the cost of dealing with any large nrea of laml h proliibitivo when tno fertiliser is applied at that rate. Basic slag appears to alford almost universal satisfaction as a top-dressing, and tho quantity recommended as usually, irithin the limits of oxperi«e is. from "cwt'. to fewt. per. acre. This mamire in itscJf contains-no poisonous ingredients. It is therefore really nnnewwary to remove the .stock after top-dressing the ■ pastures; Such, however, is usually the practice. The land is rolled or chain-harrowed after the application of a fertiliser. The paddock is often kept empty until after the first rain, but that is a matter of prejudice rather than of necessity.