Show workout land needs cultivation to regain vigor the notion of giving worn out farm carmi land a rest cure has fortunately tuna tely just about passed says J C hackleman professor of crops extension at the university of illinois college of agriculture calcium leaches out of the soil and every ton of beef pork or mutton or milk produced on these pastures removes nitrogen phosphorus potassium and calcium or lime just as surely as does a crop of corn oats wheat or hay hackleman says in addition as these permanent pastures become less productive they provide less cover and the result Is more loss through erosion until on rolling pastures the present aop crop Is largely weeds or unpalatable weed grasses but these worn pastures are not hopeless according to the crop specialist ci alist and the response of most of them to treatment Is almost rill raj 1 0 us five staple simple steps will trans transform form the average worn out pasture into a productive acreage in one or at most two years the steps are to test the soil and treat it with needed minerals disc cuse these minei minerals als thoroughly while preparing a reasonably good seedbed reseed with a mixture of legumes and grasses control grazing for at least a year and clip weeds giving the legumes and grasses a chance because of an increase of cultivated ai Creages during the war a greater acreage la Is now rea really uy ready lor for legumes than bel before ore the war hackleman says A majority of 0 the fields limed in iii recent years have not yet grown a legume he believes rock phosphate which was used to the tuu full extent of 0 its availability during the last war years win will als also 0 show up in improved alfalfa and clover production |