Value of Lime.
Lime has the following benefits to confer:—(l) It improves heavy soils. (2) It promotes clover growth, and thus aids soil fertility. (3) It prevents leaohing from the soil or water soluble phosphate by acting as a base. (4) It helps to prevent water soluble phosphate from combining with iron and alumina bases, forming insoluble compounds. 05) It creates healthier stock and means better grazed pastures. Finally, its application should l>o regarded as an annual routine pracper acre being applied over ns large an area of the farm as possible.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20257, 28 July 1937, Page 13
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92Value of Lime. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20257, 28 July 1937, Page 13
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