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Going Beyond Single Figure Fertilizer Recommendations, S J. Burgess Jan 1988

Going Beyond Single Figure Fertilizer Recommendations, S J. Burgess

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Single-figure fertilizer recommendations are useful guidelines but they do not tell a farmer anything about the consequences of applying fertilizer at rates other than those recommended.


The Phosphorus Fertilisers : How They Compare, Walter Jacob Cox Jan 1968

The Phosphorus Fertilisers : How They Compare, Walter Jacob Cox

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

ALTHOUGH 'double' or 'concentrated' superphosphate was first commercially manufactured in 1872 it was not until the 1950's that it became a major commercial fertiliser. In 1965 it accounted for about 15 per cent, of the world production of phosphatic fertilisers.