Show corn needs potash premature dying of corn plants in black sandy soils may be due to deficiency fici ency ot potash in the soil say the united states department of agriculture the corn plants may develop well during the seedling and early growth periods and attain normal size but before killing frosts they break over the leaves die suddenly and the ears remain incompletely developed ve with soft cobs and chatty grains such ears further losses from weathering and ear rots experiments conducted in indiana where premature dying of corn Is prevalent showed that the continued removal of crop residues and the use of fertilizers containing only phosphates aggregate the trouble control measures says the department of agriculture include fertilization to supply the needed potash changes in crop residue disposal and selection of locally adapted seed mr and mrs R J held mrs J P miller and mr and mrs bulver miller drove over to monday returning tuesday they were accompanied compa nied on their return by the children of mr and mrs areld who had been visiting relatives at orange ville tor several weeks |