Show AUTHORITY PROTESTS AGAINST BURNING LEAVE c provo the burning of leaves an all litter in the fall of the year result in tremendous waste of organic mat ter that could better be left on til th land as as fertilizer according acco iding to dr thomas L martin professor 0 01 agronomy at brigham young sity dr martin urges that of burning buining leaves they be made naf compost heaps by putting doar alternate layers of leaves and soil and allowed to decompose during the winter the compost should be wetted aloi thoroughly as this aids decomposition according to dr martin in the spring this compost makes ide ideal it soil soi for flower beds or may be used directly rp atly as fertilizer to spread upon the land incidentally dr martin further suggests that if the soils of the in intermountain ter region are to maintain their productivity increased attention on the th part of farmers must be paid to the problem 1 barnyard manure should bo be carefully utilized farmers often overlook the fact that orchards should receive applications application 3 of f fertilizer pa ag well as other crops |