Abstract
Various physical properties of soils were investigated in the areas where organic farming had been practiced widely, for upland fields. The investigations were also conducted in the nearby fields under conventional to find out the influence of organic farming on the physical properties of soils. The investigated properties involved bulk density, hardness, shearing resistance, friction resistance, sinking depth of small rectangular board, water stable aggregates and the depth of soil available to plants. By and large, the practice of organic farming tended to improve all of the physical properties soils, investigated in upland soils. However, in case of water stable soil aggregates in upland soils, the reverse was previous data; in those soils water stable soil aggregates were less under organic farming. It was suspected that this might be due to intensive application of the organic materials with high C/N ratio like wood chips and wood bark. The contents of OM, Av. P2O5, and Ex. cations were higher in organic farming than those of nearby fields under conventional, due to heavy organic matter application. From the results, It could be concluded that soils under organic farming were looser and softer than those under conventional as shown by lower bulk density and hardness, but that the effect of organic farming on water stable aggregates were low.
유기농재배농가 토양관리 실태와 토양의 물리화학적 특성을 조사하고 분석한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 유기농 밭 토양은 인근대비 용적밀도와 경도의 개선효과가 있었고, 특히 공극률, 소형판침하량, 표토심, 경운심, 근권심은 높게 나타났다. 내수성입단은 유기농재배 밭이 인근농가 밭보다 오히려 낮았다. 이는 유기농가에서 염류집적을 고려하여 파쇄목, 나무껍질, 수피 등과 같은 C/N율이 높은 거친 유기물들을 시용하였기 때문인 것으로 생각된다. 유기농재배 밭의 유효인산 및 치환성양이온 함량 등의 토양화학성은 대부분 인근농가에 비해 높게 나타났는데, 이는 유기물을 과량 시용하였기 때문으로 분석되었다.
