Dominant Constituent of Crops.

King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 97, 4 September 1908, Page 4

Dominant Constituent of Crops.

Agricultural chemists and invest iga- i tors have made a careful study oi' Jv j dominant constituents required iv. Lho different crops, and, roughly spoa'.ing, it may be said that — Cereals require as their ■'■■: ■ ■> constituent nitrogen, arnm.'V.V;, :•'-■■ though in a lesser degree ph.-nhate oi ■ lime and potash are also essential. Root crops require phosphate of lime principally, although '■ 1 a lesser degree nitrogen and potash are necessary. Clovers, Lucerne, V-:. ;,;-:. ro;-,u-:>v phosphate of lime and pot ■'.-"> . Apu!;cations of nitrogen are not no;v-sagv. as these plants haw -.he .uysiormus natural power of su-mlying then.s. Hcs with atmospheric nitrogen. Grass lands and pastures may iso con-j sidered as requiring the t';r' j e £

uents, although of lime and potr,.--b civ.- v.v most abso"mt<-''y v- '>'.:-.■;■ Ihc-o ;i:o;-- ■■-..• un ;>,..• irnprovomont Jn - ■ ■'. i::e country than any other crop. ; i'h<-y have been gcneicdty negiecteuh -nd could be made by judicious treatment to yield nearly twie.- li.e produce they do. If every farmer would feed his grass lands liberahy it would be a great advance in the agricultural prosperity of the country.