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CARS BRITAIN’S VERY BEST. fl Models from £135. Four and Six Cylinder Nicols’ Service Station (R. and M. NICOL) Te Aroha. AUTHORISED AUSTIN AGENTS. COUPON. Please forward Latest Austin Liletalure. Name Address tßr-rrr-rr —it’s Cold ! Notice the nip in the air these mornings ?—That’s a sure sign that you’ll need an overcoat right now. Why delay ? Call in and examine the Newest Styles in Overcoats. Exceptional value—made from the highest grade materials, Tweeds, nap and velour. D. McWATTERS Where Money Buys More 11 CLOTHING & MERCERY — Belmont Road, Paeroa. C. L. INNES AND Co. Ltd. Waikato Brewery, Hamilton. Ask for PEERLESS ALE and Invalid Stout None Better or Purer. gMMBMMMHMWHHMMaaKrawraawMaHHBOMnmBHNoaanHKBH

life J AV EL DELAY t-WENIE Rapid Hardeaia* “ Wilaoaite," the new Portland i Cement, attains in four days the same strength as ordinary Portland Cement in 28 days. Consequently it speeds up all concrete work, . and is in excess of the requirements of the , British Standard Specification for Portland Cement. ' WLSONITIM WILSONS (N.Z.) PORTLAND CEMENT, LTD., Customs Street East, Auckland. , 111 MMm ' raw w ggaca new asaa ccnai RUBBER STAMPS. Call at the “Gazette” Office and inspect our Illustrated Catalogue of Designs and Accessories. ■S' — ■» — awis_jigß'..ajgrffm ■■

TOP-DRESSING PASTURES THE USE OF SUPERPHOSPHATE. A WONDERFUL STIMULANT. The essence of successful dairying lies in the quality of the pastures. Quality in pastures can only be obtained by the .liberal use of fertilisers. Dairy farmers have learnt by experience that superphosphate used as top-dressing has a wonderful beneficial action in stimulating the growth of grasses and clovers. This fertiliser, which provides phosphates in a water-soluble form, gives quick returns, especially when applied in winter and early spring. It stimulates root growth, makes the pastures more palatable, and provides that* mineral matter so essential to cows during pregnancy and during lactation. PHOSPHATES NOT WASHED AWAY It is a mistaken notion that, because superphosphate contains water-soluble phosphates, these leach away in the drainage water. This is not so, as can be easily demonstrated by passing Water through a tube packed with soil to which superphosphate has. been applied. No phosphates are found in the drainage water. They are completely absorbed by the surface layer of soil , and are used by plants as required. : PHOSPHATES ESSENTIAL FOR j DAIRY COWS. It is not always realised what large quantities of phosphates are required by • dairy cows. Besides requiring a large ; quantity during pregnancy, the dairy j row must absorb food containing phosl phates’ for her own maintenance and ; for the production of at least five to •ix times her own weight in milk per annum. The question a dairy farmer may ask himself is whether his cattle •re receiving sufficient phosphates for the purposes mentioned above. It may | be asserted with confidence that very i few cows do receive sufficient phosS phates to maintain a maximum produej tion of milk and keep them in good ! health for a period of years. FREQUENT DRESSINGS MEAN HEAVY MILKERS. Progressive dairy farmers are now topdressing more frequently; it now being common practice to top-dress twice •r even three times a year with soluble phosphates as found in superphosphate. Rv doing so the pastures are continually fed with that ingredient most required by dairy cattle, with the result that the milk-producing capacity of cattle is maintained at its fullest capacity .and the animal retained in normal health. The day of the use of slow-acting fertilisers is past; the dairy farmer cannot afford to wait months for results. Thus of superphosphate as a phospha tic dressing for pastures required for intensive dairying is firmly established.

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Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5441, 28 June 1929, Page 4

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Tapeke kupu
592

Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5441, 28 June 1929, Page 4

Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5441, 28 June 1929, Page 4

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