POTASH AND CLOVER.
; 111 agricultural experiments the relative . fertilising value of different fortil-, isLM-fi does not always stand out clearly, as tho result's obtained my bo rendered indistinct'by the character of the soil and tho season's weather; but the benefit of potash and phosphate for a clover crop is a fact that has been demonstrated over and- over -again irrespective of soils and seasons, and an abundant clover crop is an advantage which is felt through the rotation—"were all the niorits of red clover, emblazoned in letters of gold 011 a largo canvas it would lail to convcy • to the mind its true value.",
That potasli is the dominant requirement of tho clover plant is shown by the faet that a crop of four tons of clover hay contains 1801b. of potash and not more than 621b. of phosphoric acid. '. The influence of potash oil clover is strikingly'shown by an inspection of the spots on the Town Belt, Duncdin, where the grass cut by the corporation employees' was gathered and burned. "Where formerly there was raiik growth of plantains and other weeds, gorse, and a little coarso grass, thero has sprung up a nice growth of clover. • .
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1858, 18 September 1913, Page 10
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197POTASH AND CLOVER. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1858, 18 September 1913, Page 10
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