USE OF MANURES

Hokitika Guardian, 1 June 1926, Page 4

USE OF MANURES

I . AX EXPERT'S OPINIONS. i Wellington, al-iv 28. J Nino tenths ol the experimental [ H-oilc in manures done in the PomniI u,n 1,1 the post had been wasted, he- | cause it had not been carried out I under proper conditions, with proper I supervisi -i, and recording «f results * enabling tine weight to be . giyon to I Conclusions -tfiid Air A. H. Cockayne, director ol the Fields Division, to the I i,nm!ll] conference ol' the Royal Agricultural Society, to-day. Excriinental work should he over as wide tin area as possible, lie said. However, every result which they were Setting to-day, in experiments with manures under the new methods was • nfornr.itive. as they were able to prove definitely what- was due to manure, ami eliminate soil variation. A member (interjecting) : Or weather ? Mr Cockayne: V.'e ran prove timt the result is due to the manure, and not to tlie conditions.' The speaker informed the conference tl-,it of 100,000 tops n| lime which was used in the Dominion annually. 70.000 tons were used in Otago and Southland, somewhere njiout 1.5,C00 or 20,000 tons were used in the North Island, hut the amount was not increasing at anything like the rate it was in Oiiigo and Southland. There was more used in Southland than In any other part of New Zealand. .Mr Cockayne warned farmers that, though there was no doubt tint phosphate top-dressing was destined to play an ever-increasing part in New Zealand, they must not forget that the management of grass land was ultimately going to play a most important role in our: farming I history. '■