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'■SEEDS-iiivil;;
..Foc.centnricsf.lhe, presence ot
IftnehaS.bcch'i'ebogiuSrd as one
essential • of. a^feHiK, sollJUvn ji
ont, It- yoiicarinqt.petr/ujl'bon!;
•flt front ■riianurcs.-'AlthoHgS line
was used In- -large“quantities
during,; the war, Iong.|s landing
arrears" have i to bc. rnade pood
and' liiuclccfrOund is jstlll-.m‘ Ues
.perate meed of :lime 'Id-day.
It. |s. the "bread..ahdrbuttec'i' flf
the soil: ■ Not .only does 'lt: supply
plant fodd^-caieiufti—and -correct
soil - sourness...enabling .beneficial
biictcHfi to thrive arid form plant
fobd,, blit. ItV makes to heavy • land
Uchtpr and..,tunes,-, up light,'land.
It-‘provides U bigger and better re
turn -*fr<Sm fertilisers] ■ ■> ■ i •.. >1 •
Good gras§lnnd;cnnpo't’ toe rfmln
talned w.fhout. lime, n pobit well
Worth" rcmetoibeilng b ,since big
framed -,-calvds ;and -hlgh-y]eldlifg
milk'Cows “depend more on, good
grassland than' dfl~-fat cattle and
sheep, Thellmo hastens deoay. of
Vegetable matter and Its conver
sion-'to plant food. ' i.',;'.:'1:
This Is particularly important-in
mdtted 1 grassland/' wnlcli “crops
piorly “and droughts 'fiuiokly 'In n
dry. summer..... 4 , • ,
The ‘soil. Is - losing Time'."dll t'je
time. ,and more' speedlly iff Hfeavy
rainfall districts- and- Industrial
areas. First'see‘that the drainage
is. in. order* • then get the lime
worked into thc,surface soil of the
grassland.
„. ANALYSE’.pQU.,
.Have your .soil- analysed m .that
you'may ‘know Jbst how much,lime
is .needed. This-is the, dnly' safe
way, for too llttlq or too much lima
results, in ‘waste and is literally
■ putting money., down the di'ain.
It.ls.sound-pollcy.to try to kcep
the. lime in'the top Soil and. after
-the'llrst corrective treatment, Tittle
and.often .Is the best-way to.do it.
'Esp'erts sHy the type ' of lime
you- should -use -doesn’t- really-mat
ter, for though-, there-,are.-.mofiiy
varieties the difference- between
them is only one >pf .degree. One
is ns good as'another if applied I
In the rb:h quantities'.1 -
■ Burnt lime, -which - heats and
wells with rain, Is “perhaps the
most familiar, ' blit ground - lime
stone nnd chalk,'together,with the
other: carbonates, Tmvc been user!
extensively in recent years with
equal success. .. - . , ,
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