Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-08-26
DISCOVER WAYS TO
MEET ILLS OF SOIL
State Specialists Cooperate
With Farm Groups in Sow
ing These Problems.

If you are interested in knowing
how to handle your soil so as to
permanently improve it and make it
more productive, the state soils lab
oratory at Madison can help you.
Any farmer in Wisconsin, no matter
where he lives, can secure the personal
service of soil specialists in solving
his soil problems. Upon application
to the agricultural experiment station.
a representative of the soils depart.
ment will make personal inspection
Of any farm or group of farms, care
fully examine the fields in question,
study the farm as whole. collect tie
necessary soil samples and return them
to the laboratory for analysis.
Overcome Soil Ills.
After the chemical analysis has been
made, full report will be prepared
and sent to each farmer. This report
gives results of the analyses, the CON
illusions which were drawn from the
field inspection and outlines Of meth
DDS for the permanent improvement
of the soil.
If the soil is acid the report indi-
Gates how much lime should be applied
to correct this condition. If the soil is
deficient in nitrogen, potash or phOs-
phorus, methods are outlined through
which the deficiency may be cor
rected.
The law which created this labOra-
tory indicated that certain fee should
be collected for this service. The
cost of the work varies somewhat de-
pending upon the amount of land be-
ing examined. For a field eXamina-
ton and chemical analysis of q farm
which does not exceed 80 acres, the
charge is $1,000 and for each addi-
tiOnal 40 acres the charge is one dol
lar additional When five or more per-
sons in the community make appit;l-
ton for this service, the charge for
inspection and analyses of the soil or
so acres is five dollars for each person
| with one dollar for every 40 additional
| acres If, in addition to the above
the farmer wishes to have an accurate
soil map of his farm this will be done
| for an additional charge of five dollars
for the first so acres and two dollars
for each additional 40 acres.
Many Farms Examined.
| The first year this service was
available, 237 farmers living in 80 diff
! ferent communities took advantage OF
It, Up to the present time. about LOO
| farmers have had their soils examined.
i This will be about 575 communities in
which work of this kind has been done.
This means that in this number OF
communities from one to ten farm
ers have secured specific Instructions
| in regard to improving their soils.
| Many of these have followed the in
StructiOns and are now securing in.
creased yields as a result
All those desiring to secure this
service should make application as
soon as possible for, while it is the
policy to examine farms and collect
soil samples in the order which APP
plications are received, it is some
times desirable to delay an extended
trip until a number of applications
have been received SO as to economic
in travelling expenses and time.
Farmers will find it to their adj
vantage to group together III groups
of five or more. The cost will thus be
materially reduced and the service
which it is possible for the college to
render will be enlarged
1t is the purpose Of the department
of soils at the university to make this
new line of work put dollars and cents
in the pockets Of every farmer i'll Wis
consin who will take advantage of this
| opportunity