Show deficiency of potash harmful to corn crop premature dying of corn plants la in black sandy soils may be due to deficiency fl fici I 1 lency ency of potash in the soil says the united united states department of agriculture ture the corn plants may develop well during the seedling and early and attain normal size but before killing frosts they break over the leaves die suddenly and th the e ears remain incompletely developed with soft cobs ande and chaffy haffy grains such ears suffer further losses from weathering and ear rots experiments conducted in indiana where premature dying of corn to Is prevalent showed that the continued removal of crop residues and the use of fertilizers containing only phosphates aggravate the trouble control measures says the der Dera Ament of agriculture include fertilization to supply the needed potash changes in crop residue dispo disposal I 1 and selection of locally adapted see seed d |