APPLYING MANURE.
DEILLIN& VERSUS BEOAD-CASTING. ; , Phosphatic manures have : a special effect m encouraging the growth of a, . crop in its early .stages, - and thus/establishing a strong, healthy plant. .In order t exercise tjiis effect the ..manure . must somewhere in -the vicinity of the 'seed, as the young plant, has no wide- , spreading roots. Drilling tho. manure with the seed gives the.desired conditions with the smallest expenditure of manure. Experiments were conducted in. Hungary to'find whether drilling or ■ broad-casting superphosphate gave the better return ot cevaal crops. Barley, o(its, wheat, and fys were the crops growil, and it w&9 -' ffiiuid that Jo2lb. of superphosphate ,aptiliad with the drill gave better results 1 - ihaD 307ib. applied broadcast on the. averigo of all tho tests;.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1602, 20 November 1912, Page 10
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122APPLYING MANURE. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1602, 20 November 1912, Page 10
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