Inorganic, Not Artificial
om KNOW some people still ‘argue against artificial fertilisers," said Dr. B. A. Keen, in a recent BBC Home Service talk. "They will even say they are dangerous; that they poison the land; that crops grown with artificials lack something or other, and that those who eat them become unhealthy and liable to catch various diseases. But there is really no solid evidence for these beliefs. I think that much of the prejudice that still lingers comes from the very name ‘artificials’ -- because ‘artificial’ means ‘not natural.’ And so these manures are sometimes supposed to be ‘not natural,’ and using them is supposed to be cheating theasoil and cheating the plants. A better and more correct name than ‘artificials’ is ‘inorganics.’ That makes a fair and proper distinction between them and farmyard manure and composts, which are organics. But as far as ‘the plant foods in each kind are concerned, they are the same. , ,Inorganic fertilisers are really a short cut; they supply the plant food straight away, as it were, instead of by the slow rotting of an organic." ; :
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 345, 1 February 1946, Page 7
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183Inorganic, Not Artificial New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 345, 1 February 1946, Page 7
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