FERTILISERS FOR PROFIT

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 323, 7 April 1928, Page 23

FERTILISERS FOR PROFIT

NEW ZEALAND FIGURES Information regarding areas topdressed in New Zealand, together with the kinds and quantities of fertiliser applied, was collected in the 1926-27 season for the first time. The summarised figures slfow that 1,521,259 acres were top-dressed, the total quantity of fertiliser used amounting to 4,383,G02cwt., or 219,150 tons. With reference to the total area quoted, and obtained by adding together the areas top-dressed with the fertilisers stated, it should be borne in mind that this figure* is not an accurate representation of the actual total area top-dressed. This is accounted for by the fact that in many cases where farmers top-dressed the same area with two or more of the fertilisers quoted, either separately or as a mixture, duplication of such areas under the appropriate fertiliser headings undoubtedly resulted. Consequently the actual total area topdressed would be correspondingly less.

NORTH Manure Superphosphate ISLAND :: ill Quantity 2 'K Other artificial fertilisers and manures lo2,21S Stable and farm 452,024 Lime 266,832 , Totals .. . - . 1,286,938 3,487,907 SOUTH Manure Superphosphate Basic slag .. .. Other manures .. ISLAND Acres. - - 159,351 10,440 9,641 972 Quantity cvt. 11 521,203 -Totals 234,321 DOMINION Manure Area Superphosphate -. 958,162 985,095 Quantity ”81 Other manures .. .. 161,859 Lime lotltti 788,035 Totals 1.521.259 4,383,002