Deseret Evening News | 1897-10-02 | Page 15 | Restarting Alkaline Lands

I 1Itln Alkaline Ib Lewis Oloiron Miimehotn writing In tTho Orange Judd Farmer says Spot whero crops will not grow because be-cause of alkaline materlil In the soil can bo restored b > applying largo quail titles of bimyanl manuro and ploNvlng It under to n depth of four or six inch M The quuntily Will depend upon the 001 f II iI il urota amount of alkalinity I but 10 to 40 largo wagon loads per ncro usually pudloo Apply 1 at any time Light years ago I 3 > ut 40 loads per aero on at pot of ground I where it was impossible to grow any thing even grass Much to my bur iriso I have raised seven bountiful crops of grain slow then nil with ono exception being Wheat Tho crop w as remarkably free from rust and other diseases It is probably best to wed ouch land to oats utter uttlng i on the Xaauurc