Wood Ashes
TJncleaned wodd-asb.es contain all the constitutions of planf food that the ordinary or worn-out soil needs, except nitrogen. By their chemical, action, they leudei much of the inert nirrogen' T in' soils— available, and iv that way may be* 6aid to furnish nitrogen. This is true of lime, and on this power of "making uitrogen available r thu greatest value of lime, when applied as a fertiliser, depends. - "Ashes also have a good mechanical effect upW _ th~e"soil7 _ especially b aavy clay soils) which are made lighter and more porous 1 , so that the air and. water circulate' Wore freely. Ashes do not suffer waste by being washed out to the xextent that is true 'of the moie soluble, and concentiated tertiliseis s,old in the markets — their efforts art* therefore moie lasting.
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 152, 18 June 1891, Page 4
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133Wood Ashes Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 152, 18 June 1891, Page 4
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