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Show Apply Fertilizer Properly For Healthy Looking Lawn A little nitrogen does wonders to a lawn The only trick is to put it on properly. Charles Painter, soils specialist of the University of Idaho extension service, offers these four tips: O O P put on light, frequent applications. give a nice green color and promote even growth. Apply fertilizer such as ammonium nitrate at the rate of of a for weeks to 100 feet cup every eight square Unfresh lawn the and keep looking thrifty. less you want to mow the grass every other day, go easy on the fertilizer. Second, spread fertilizer so there is uniform distribution. Uneven grass is not pretty. Measure the material. Don't guess. to One pound is equal to one and one-hal- f First, o This will two-thir- ds two cups for most commercial fertilizers. Third, don't apply phosphorous if you Most soils conWant a pure grass seeding. tain enough phosphorous for lawns. If you seed a clover-gras- s mixture, a fertilizer with of equal portions pitrogen and phosphoric acid is desirable. Nitrogen stimulates grass, and phosphorous boosts legumes. Farm Bureau Board Opposes Senate Wheat, Cotton Bill A.V. Smoot, Corinne, pres-jldeof the Utah State Bureau returning last Monday from a meeting of the board of directors of the American Farm nt ' press market prices below the world level. e is not even a that participation would be voluntary for wheat proces-sor- s who would be subjected to a processing tax that can, and would be, labeled a bread "There pre-tens- federation held in Bureau Chicago, said the board has adopted a statement emphatically opposing the wheat, tax.' cotton bill recently passed by "Farmers said no to this the United States Senate. proposal last May. It is inboard which credible that the Congress The 1,628,295 Farm would seriously consider fore-ln- g represents this program on wheat farBureau families in 49 states and Puerto Rico adopted a statement mers against their clearly which asserted enactment of the stated wishes. "We firmly believe that, if legislation which would aggravate rather than solve current this proposal is enacted into difficulties in wheat and cotton. law, both producers and will recognize it for The board termed the bill a misguided political effort to what it is a scheme to farmers, and a flour and buy the farm vote in an election year," and further stated bread tax on consumers. "Retired cotton acres could that "new and larger subsidy handouts are not the answer to be shifted to feed grains or the cotton and wheat problems." soybeans without penalty and "The Senate," the board ass. thus further aggravate the feed erted, "recognized the waste- grain and livestock producers' ful and dangerous characterproblems." The Farm Bureau favors alistics of this legislation when it limited it to two years. R ternative legislation which should be clear by now that the would relate price supports to market prices in a recent period practice of enacting farm legislation as a and provide greater freedom of temporary expedient is one of choice for producers of cotton the major causes of the present and wheat, Smoot said. con-sume- reg-ime- farm program mess." The statement further pointed nt ROMAN POSTAGE The words, "postal", and "postman" and "post office", are all derived from the Latin meaning word, "positum "placed" or "fixed". As the Book of Knowledge explains it, ancient Romans had stations the in less regimentation agricul. ture and toward a market-directe- d or posts, at fixed points along of roads that rather than apolitical, the stretched across t h e 1 r broad ly. directed farm economy. "On May 21, 1963, wheat far- empire. Horses were kept at mers voted overwhelmingly these posts, and messengers busagainst the wheat certificate carrying letters on public to at would them iness stop in bill This a referendum. plan is said to contain a voluntary change their tired animals for version of that plan; however, fresh ones. the conditions that would be Wash gloves the easy way-bImposed on those who did not machine in a drawstring choose to participate would be bag made of two mesh dish such as to make a mockery cloths. out of the use of the term voluntary.' The certificate Try liquid cleaner applied would separate noncooperwith a toothbrush to get at ators from the food and export those grooves on market, It could be used to de- - your range. out that: The bill "would move in the direction of more government control supp1 over agriculture. Farm Bureau members want to move toward SOIL FERTILITY IS THE FOUNDATION OF FARM PROFITS A dollar Invested in the right kind of fertilizer returns much more in extra yields and quality. the right kinds and amounts of fertilizer to use, consult For your county agricultural agent. CONSULT WITH US CREDIT REGARDING YOUR NEEDSI network de-vi- hard-to-reac- h n MEWLDMEM fil MEMBER FEDERAL OEPOSfT NSUIANCf YOUR HOME CORPORATION OWNED BANK |