A NATURAL FERTILISER.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 30, 4 October 1915, Page 4

A NATURAL FERTILISER.

According to the Lyttelton Times.' Canterbury possesses ;i large deposit, ill' ii natural fertiliser which, it is stilted, is likely to come into very general use among crop growers throughout the province and probabjy in othei parts of tlie Dominion. This is the soli carbonate of lime wliich is found in. very large quantities in the Waiae ii lid Waikaii country, The YV'aipti :;\ Comity Council lim> opened np some of the deposits, and is endeavouring;

to ascertain its value for agricultural purposes. So far the council lias sent iuiiiy about thirty-three toils to different farming districts for the Agriculural Department, to he used in experimental plots, and ii is sending another sixty tons as soon as tree railaye can he arranged for. As there is only a limited quantity in the place opened up. and as Farmers in all parts are making inquiries for the carbonate of lime." the council is not able to taKc any more orders for the present. Mr Henry H. Holland, of Waika.S, who furnishes these facts, and a copy of a letter which he received from a Woodgrove fanner describing his success in sowing the lime over his land with a drill. Mr Holland gives it as his own.opinion that the lime will have to he put through some machinery 'o break it up so that it will go through any of the distributors now on the market,