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Kōrero: Superphosphate

Spreading by truck

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Spreading by truck

Superphosphate fertiliser is spread on farmland either by truck or, on hill country, by planes. About half of the total superphosphate spread annually is applied by each method.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AANR 6325 W3302/10

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Arthur Duncan, Superphosphate – Superphosphate pros and cons, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15575/spreading-by-truck (accessed 30 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Arthur Duncan, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.