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Show Millard County Progress Annual Farm Supplement, Friday, April 20, 1979 Page 16 Slightly acid soil is best for most plants. A soils pH balance is a measure of its acidity or alkalinity. Few plants .will survive in soil more acid than pH 4 or more alkaline than pH 9, pH 7 is neutral. Most garden soil is somewhat acid and tends to become more so as fertilizers and humus are worked in and various chemicals are leached out. To increase alkalinity, use finely ground limestone. To increase acidity, use flowers of sulfur. Both cures are available at most garden supply centers, as is peat moss, which is mildly acidic. A new book for gardeners, the Reader 't Digest Illustrated Guide to Gardening, points out that of the 16 elements known to be necessary to plant growth, three-carb- on, hydrogen and oxygen come from the air and water. The rest are from the soil. Nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium are needed in the largest amounts, are used up the fastest and are therefore the chief ingredients of most fertilizers. Keeping the right amount of the right chemicals in your garden soil can make a better garden more of a sure thing. BANK MANAGER PRESENTED PLAQUE OF APPRECIATION Improving The Soil To make the best use of the in your garden, you should know its properties: Before you can improve it, you must know its difficulties. You can have your soil tested professionally at agricultural stations and universities, or do it yourself with soil-tekits. soil by Jim Bushnell County Extension Agent First Security Bank has supported, for many years, the Millard LeGrandc County program. Davies, Bank Manager, has been very helpful in every way for our As well as young people in giving support money for the Jr. Livestock Show, LeGrande has donated to our scholarship funcand the bank always is active in presphtation of achievement awards each year at our awards assembly. Our thanks to LeGrandc and First Security for their help. 4-- 4-- 4-- 4-- Jim Bushnell, Millard County USU Extension Agent, presents LeGrande Davies, First Security Bank Manager, Fillmore, with plaque of appreciation for many years of support to Millard County clubs. 4-- IS YOUR SOIL all it should be? MAKING FAMILY LIFE MORE FUN Popularity Push-Butto- n Many of today's most popular games were actually first played thousands of years ago. Blind Mans Hopscotch, Bluff and were as popular among the children of ancient Rome as they are in the schoolyards, backyards and streets today. Tug-of-W- COMPUTERS are adding a new dimension old popular A more adult horseshoes to games. game like may have stemmed from the ancient Greek sport of discus throwing. Roman soldiers used horseshoes the same way Greek athletes used the discus. Two of todays most popular games backgammon and back blackjack also date many years. These traditional fun pastimes have now been updated. You can now play them, as well as many other games, with a computer sysa tem called the TRS-80- , versatile personal microcomputer system manufactured by Radio Shack, a leading name in consumer electronics with thousands of outlets around the country. will The TRS-8games family probably prompt members to enjoy the fun of challenging each other. Also, just as families with the first TVs on the block suddenly found themselves with a host of new friends so may you with the computer. 0 The way you treat your money after the sale is as important as how you treat your crop before. First Security can guide you on the best use of .your money-hi- gh interest return for proper length of time-t- hat can make the difference between a good year and a bad one. Call us. OF UTAH, N.A. MEMBER FDIC - Some people once believed that shooting arrows under a fruit tree would cause the fruit to fall off the tree just as the arrows fell. |
