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Show DON DONT T RUIN YOUR L LANDBY LAND ND : , BY OVER IRRIGATING ITI ITSoil IT I i ofI I Soil can get sick-and sick and sick - and for one of ofthe ofthe ofthe the same reasons human beings be- be beI become become be become - I come ill 111 ' ' said Dr Thomas L Mar Martin Martin I Itin tin agronomist and bacteriologist at atI atBrigham atBrigham atBngham I Brigham Young university , , comment commentmg commenting commenting mg ing on recent difficulty with sell soil In insome insome ! some \ western estern areasSoil areas areasSoil I ISoil Soil has life llfe he explained exphined To bo behealtny I ( Ihealtny healtny , this life hfe must get oxygen and andeliminate andeliminate andeliminate eliminate carbon dio dioxide .ide ide > . , just as peo peo- peo'PIe people people andI - - I ' ple 'PIe PIe must Bacterial life hfe in soil partic partic- particularly particularly particularly - ularly must have hae hate ha\ ha \ e proper 'sentila sentila 'sentilation 'ventilation ventilation ' \ entlla I Ihon hon tion honII II " IIIf If net , dire icsults lesUltS results followDenied follow I Denied Derued good conditions bacteria bacteriabecome bactenabecome ctella ctellabecome become like hke sick human beings bemgs ' de- de declared de-I de I deIc1ared de-idared de idared - ' " fat fatand fatand fatand c1ared clared Dr Martn "They They glow grow and sluggi&h sluggih sluggl.h slugglh sluggish & : . We " watch "atch atch them under underour underour underour our microscopes With 'pcoi pcoi 'poOl poOl 'poor poor ' ventIl ventIlabon ventilation ventilation abon ation ' they take on ugly shapes , they theycease theycease theycease cease to multiply and carryon carry on vIgor vIgoroms vigorours vigorouis oms ours activItiesWhen activitiesWhen activities When they cease to function their theirgreat theirgreat theirgreat great contributions to soil fertility fertilityceace fertilitycease fertilitycease ceace cease ; Owing to the temptation temptationblought temptationbrought temptationbi blought brought ought by excess witer w'1.ter w1.ter w1ter tivater ' . in some areas this spiing spllng spring and summer , some people peoplehVe peoplehave peoplehive h\Ve h Ve have ' \ atellogged waterlogged \ watel \ logged their land and the thesell thesemi thesoil sell semi is sick SlCh . . . The above xplmation explanation explanationprobably explanationpiobably xplmationplobabl : plobabl probably } ' accounts for the Illness 'illness 'illnessbelieves ' illness-believes illness believes . - beheves believes Di Dr Martm Martin I |