THE PAPA FERTILISER

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2161, 29 May 1914, Page 10

THE PAPA FERTILISER

farmers; opinion. .____.(F rom .Our Special Correspondent.! palmorston N., May 28. :If what was stated by some inembefs of' the Provincial Farmers' Union is v !tflib Neiy Zealand would appbar to possess inexhaustiblo stores of a '.fertilisers that' .may. largely' com'peii: sa'te ■for'tlie'ilaclv of phosphates in lier soil."-Tim'-material' in question is' nothing, less than ,tlio well-known, papa • (iiiglice blue day). Much'.-of .the silty soil in.the .river flats on tllis coast, is dissolved- papa and -this soil is generally found to be. very rich. , At tlie Farmers' TJiiion Conference yesterday it was stated that papa con; tained a very high percentage.-of lime and plant foods, .find one ;.clelegntp gave an interesting account of the;gnod..:results obtdined by, using crushed papa as a top-dresV-injs- So impressed wa's thc : conference with, the statements made, that it was resolved to ask the Department of-Agriculture to lindertalie experiments with crushed papa as a fertilising agent.. . ' '

Mr. E. ,H. retiring president, 1 speaking at the North Canterbury .Farmers' Conference, urged that greater, activity-was needed in doaliric; wiih... the,.cost, of -.distribution. He' stated that the union during the year had. sold, horse-covers .afc .twenty .per cent, iess-'ttiaii the ordinary retnileri charged, farmers, ho sa>d, should take/steps" to .extend the trading system.—Press.: Association.. '-; .'. '■• ■ , , , The "Richmpnd" best answers.the Question as to. which Oil.Engine, to purchaser All the good, thing's we-can ; say cf it are backed up .by hundreds.. of , .Users. It holds . tho : ;highest awards . of,,.anjr Oil Engihb ih.rthe- world. ; Surely, -you -are prompted to call or write! Sole --Agent, Albert ':■ i. Parto'n,'- Plumber, Ca'rfeitoii.— Advt. • : .- ' '