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POTASH TO HARDEN PLANTS
It has been found that Potash is the best
:inoral in the soil to promote the whard—
oning-’ of 'lonts for transplanting.
There is a tendency for tomato and cabbago
plants to nako a rapid grortn and to do
volop into plants too soft and tender to
transplant roll;, This condition r-ay bccono
rorsa if too much rubtrogdn is used to pro
note grorth, re arc to...u,,
T-' Nc’ York sono tomato plants rorc used in
tests to dotomino jrhioh fertilizers p-v ■
noted hara:ness in soccilings to be tr •
pi ontoa-, Sovoral flats rorc used an arm
ing amounts of potash roro used,. but too
sane ar.ounc of introgcn and phosphor’' .:'
ras used in each flat. A fertilizev -jre
plying 12 per Cent potash produood thj
pianos rhich reie e^st for transplanting,
it ras reported cy the specialists.
60 por cent nuriatc of potash. nio:od at the
rate of 10 pounds for each 50 gallora cl
rater produced the best cabbago plmt seed
lings.
DON'T PElY ENTIRELY ON
COMI\ 1ERCIAL FER T/L/ZER5
G.O, Ulcer, ^oils technologist at the Uni
versity of Idaho- declares that cornorcial
fertilisers used alone rill not min tain
soil productivity. Or.o of the prinary rea
sons for tin; declmo of soil is the loss of
organic natter, ho says.
The condition of the soil is influenced by
the activity of soil nicro-orgonisns and
rams, T' oir nain source of f tod is organ
ic natter,, Uhon'this is lacking, their
nunbers docroaso0 Aa a result the her of it
resulting fron their activity is also re
duced and in turn this loners the produc
tivity of the soil*
Cornorcial fertilizers help indirectly by
providing tho necessary eloncnts for great
er plant grorth, but f amor 3 should not de
pend upon then exclusively to keep the soil
in good condition, ♦'Soil nust have angle
anount of organic natter,w Baker says ’Ex
cluding a greon nanuro crop in the ro-vjh ton
or applying barnyard nanuro and util 12, . ig
crop residues Trill do nondors in prc.eet,ing
good soil and ri!ix natcrially aid in bring
ing poor soil back into production.
*1 ''•'ivc re: idea that soil is ono of Oca*;,
greatest creations, and that vftile xic nr
not be able to inprovo it nuch.no one ;n>. r-i
tdiat production v:o nay got fron an. ac re c i.
land some day if r;c carefully folio:, ih
Ians for its proper use I : can an a: - ■ .
Land 'diich year ai'ter year produces a L;j
of rhoat; boxes of apples and bales o' ptr,
WI believe that if ue as individual fam-rs
and as a state and nation use dur so . ..a „
fully and conserve then niscly, Ho v.’ho .> _ ■
atod then uill sec to it that r:o loan:. . c .
and norc of the .lars for properly hand. * i's
cur soil', so that :;c nay bo able not ,u ;r
lair, a a in ourselves, but also to help ->. •
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