| Show l lAIRS ROU TIm SOIL G 0 t fi Ioler chemist ot of the Ok Oklahoma OKlahoma lahoma Fx elation gives lc come ome tre figures the tho value alue or of the In token taken from the soil ol b by stand ned ard which I It Would o wel well tOt for i farmers to 10 consider lie He GOI nays I Should oUr farmers continue to raise crops YI year er without payIng an any attention to fertilizatIon ton It wi wilt b b ba n a low few year years only Until exhaustion wi will willbe be plaInly plainy Iten seen Th The sooner wo we reo recognize thIs t the hOtter r rI I It I is nt not a for tM the upland farm tarm farmers er ers lone but for lor their neighbors on time tho bottom lands sa 88 wel well Th The three fertilizing ingredients of most moat Im importance are nitrogen and acid Nitrogen Is worth we W wi will 1 say 1 cents Jr per pound UVE live cents cent and phosphoric lell acid fIght eight cents In one ton at wheat straw th there re ar aro eleven pounds pound of nitrogen twelve the or of and ond tur tour and pound acid At the I acre nure theS these BrO ro wort Worth 1 ce ma manure In on one ton ot of cornstalk there thero nr are ae pounds of nitrogen thirteen pounds potash and forty pounds pound acid worth OS asp manUr manUre To Too the straw and cre are burned or disposed of tn in some other manner and nut not utilized 1 us a manure Tere farm These products usually remain on the tho Lt Let UI us consider n a few ew products that I are When the farmer ha has disposed ot of bushels or of wheat at j 7 cents a bushel he has In 2625 2125 It WC we Ae not for lor the value alue of our land and the Iho necessity ot of maintaining fertility the so above Is correct but bust let us go a It little further In posing or of shel of at wheat farmer larmer has hns taken Crom rota hil his fi coil pounds nitrogen sixteen pounds potash and tn tM oCd acid and hal has taken front from his hand 40 OV worth of oC fertilizing cats Ir If h he soils cl hue tho esme me number of bushels or of cor corn he h hA taken from his land thirty of nl n seven ven pound potash And nd ten pounds und hos acid orld containing worth of fertilizing Ingredients he sell 11 bu bushels heh et at oats h he has talc en tr fam m Isle his land pounds or of nitrogen cl eight ht pound thirteen pounds acid which hl h tn in natural value II Is worth hap has been saId or t wheat corn and 0 oatS 1 may b be said of DC that I Is rl ratted tann on n ft ann While I it Ii is advisable not to U use wheat cor corn and oats for Cor fertilizing I It should not be that use In l th they y I draw rn from Irom th the sail be returned if Ie he would maintain n the fertl fertility The IS ft thin thing tl for our farmer to do 13 I to right carefully and con consider th question ot of how to bt best retain the pre tnt fertility or of their soil Work al eli the olra straw you OU can through your stables and when this Is done do not le be afraid to haul boul manure no Do nt not have haC your locAte on the the bank ot of n a 11 In such luch n a WA way that time It rains the water from crr every to your wil will drain Into J said cr creek klor for Irs In this waY the wat r port n not ot of ot of and nothing remains b hOt t fibrous metter which a an n a fertilizer Is 18 or of 11 little value |
