WHEN TO APPLY MANURE
The common practise among farmers is to make a general clearance of the yards and baren callars once a year, either in : the spring or fall. Either practice makes a heavy draft upon the teams, and has its disadvantages. If this work is done in the spring, it is when the gronnd is soft’ aha when the work is exceedingly pressing. If the manure is drawn out in the Iftll, and dropped the heaps upon the field to be cultivated next season,there is more or less waste by leaching and by evaporation. There is a growing disposition among our intelligent farmers to apply manure directly to growing crops, or as near the time of planting and sowing as possible. It is felt that the sooner manure is put within the Beach of the roots of plants, the better for the crops and their owner. Manure is ss much capital invostel, and bears interest only as it is consumed in the soil. -
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Temuka Leader, Issue 248, 30 March 1880, Page 2
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165WHEN TO APPLY MANURE Temuka Leader, Issue 248, 30 March 1880, Page 2
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