Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-09-27
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II q r. eat bulletin q, t-e NV
& HaGalshia~ experiment station, IT, a.
thor prpf~s ~ Aio.s-. tnrs briefly sets
fc,fA certain important facts ".tea
should always De c!early KEEP IT, mind
IL usias commercial teri-lzeFs.
II saoEla alNayS - borne IN mind
that Tie success II : crop aeps..-s o..
four other conditions nes.l-s mat o.
the fertilizer 4sed 70 feed Il. Al farm
crops require certain average amounts
IL heat. light. Air and "ater III orler
II develop aI aterage growth. = 1lst
the right Mount of -acn Tor t.- .e:g-
est possible ed. Thus, "~etthe! Toa-
c!tioLs may f..or o. hinder q roy -
SUCH an extent that tn fertilizer has
apparently 10 etfeer. 4:d these facts
have led more han one 70 t.e ccrc--s-
ion jnat ferullzers YER useless + I'LL
izers csnact make good = l@~h ~ sun
sunshine ara me rain. % tA---r best
therefore when nc weather j. favor
able. they lessen Ire loss.
Ta@ .~-aat.on OF the soil IL IL .e.a-
tior 70 az and water. j. OF The sFe=t~St
Importance .n The profitable U.s. u
real fertilizers. N.-el sol. :
too met. Ii allows too little aIr - reach
III" ROOTS 10: pants. simply hecaCs- -
w4ter crowds II olr. Ia average So
soms. some soils aye TOO Vet ar1 9TH
ers arr too t.ry. Tor Tie following req
sons. ! crop III three tons Of A4y ~
one II Il to..s o! si.ag- corn 10y '-rre.
wcGlt result II tn removal from TIE
soil rf about 500 tons Of ~ater- 10
supply -nis water. there would need %
be between : and S inches Of rainfall.
derlns Ia growing season u each crop.
~ Durham. tne average rainfall -
April. M, and June is 80 inches. a!i
during Ny. Jun. July and August
IFS. II this rain were uniformly AS
;rihutel. il would be fully nOlgh Tor
grass and a little too r.urhs Tor corn.
rs it * not. boih crops ne=i the sol. in
such condition. that il will hold enough
water at all times Tor their need. while
.lowlny The surplus TO Grain away.
on eoIis OF average XII the "a
+ Gu.-i,A moisture ccaditior. can be
maintained By tillage. n If headed.
bv drainage on lox levels. but With ex-
irene tvnes. as l-eavy clay loans. or
lign- SANDY loar7. thar is needed more
thorough treatment. by Increasing The
amount of vegetable matter. since
there is 10 more effective way OF max
ing over a soft in It's relation 70 water
and air ,han this.
so IN using in soI Faars sial.s sTTsi-i nsasas as b@ a
crons II .nould he bereS that
mr. IA li++ia ,oa;tive evidence mar
,hsv ~ ro,ta II oyar -ha soil IN lis
relation 70 wnrar henca thev always do
fieir hast u-,~E and arc mast nrDfr4 rla
or soiIs ,rh;ch 10 i, roaa ,prac o. CON
,lition nsither TOO beeyv am; Vet Tor
700 jishr an1 Dr. E,;r, h.r,,ore ~.
con-;nnons g-owIb Of annr,ai rrors
whefher mood or adds no
veost b,e ,,st.ar ~ ,bs sou sytsn. in
~ ran4s ,-d s.5hf1a ana i, is ro,1,,on
10 ind mar tbe frs. rron 81 cow. on
cod - I'LL. .nr,,,arc;si fa,,;li,ars
is s,na,.in- 30 49, 81 ~ sscorj 49,
nn,oib,asl, hsna,is. I,ns yarai III.
1natter ~ no oid ,urf bainaa meinrai0
a,oar n.ai.rrra co,ri.;o. tha
~, 80. ~. 80 iaryai,. az, ro,a1
he.ors tha second ve,r
NJ 49,. a,nnt~1 ,sa
,oa,ais 49, r.ous ~ ~ n - . Yr ~
~ ~ an,aiia5i - ;.n,,ssia1s i, s.,bich
ba.soil 10 nai,tainod IN GOOD ,,ais,nra
cnndi,iaa - Nv ~" = af 60 -, ~ -
n,,rc'ar y nrotah,o ma =, : $50 ~
cro,,s yrov', Gov ~ n,,r,asa
.lI.-e,,,h ~ raSa5rrIf tTn, ;n
-comnnrrjai fc,. i,i2@r fo,,n NM ona Of
me several conditinns nesde{i r,,r t1a
best devetopnont of the cran i, is inn
nort,nt tbat tbass ,:el1,nantt sbonId 10
suited TO rha de,o,nds of 10 ron ar
n~ary e.,gn Of i.s a,oNh cia
,rod,c+ Viii i,ot a.: ir inra ~
pnther conditions wo,,ld nernit 7, 10
the most common nr:iiticr IN No, t.is
clars Of fa,t ili,ars uritb ~. 80
crons and there are good reasons for
such nractice ma shown nv farti,-ar
exnnriinents
Annual croos whether o,ts corn
potatoes or vrgetahles. require that
ibair ,no1 .,a,,a,,s sh,,, - i l.. -
$3.50 thoir n,a 1870 :"
,nands. The commerrial far,yliZer
then. should be able to. furnisb Iavail,
- - v ~
growing season and in the nroner nro-
portion required by the cron.
studv Of tho cha,oistrv Of ,l,,+
growth shows very clearly thar ffhars
must be present = continuous ssnniy
Of available nitrogen which renuires
that some shall be in the Inorganic AND
sono. in orr,ria for 'N
The more o,icxlv tho cro,, l. 70 VA
grown in tho sprinr tho nncra or~an;6
nitrogen will he needaS sinca i, IL
sooner ready for mo nla,+s ,.ar or-
nrod,1ces rns,,,ts sp n,nr aero
ou,,hiv than tho oth I"t.n.s VI no
veil m,do f.r,i,;.nr VIZ