Show I If r. r I m I It t Al ft J Corn Com Leaves and Ears Give Starvation Signs Soil Tests Show Need For Potash Phosphate C Corn rn leaves and ears cars flash telltale tell teU- telltale tale signs of starvation when vital plant food tood elements are ore lacking Inthe in inthe inthe the soil The ch chaffy pointed car ear of C cen and the scorched up leai leat show plainly that the corn crop was starved for potash The poor filled ly-filled kernels on the ear are merely shells with little food value The cob Is weak and limp Corn needs lots Iota of ot potash to do Its Job of manufacturing the sugars starch and proteins it packs Into the kernels Without potash the tho corn plant cannot built the cellulose that makes up a tI large patt part of ot the cob Potash starved corn ha has weak roots root and stalks It lodges easily When corn Is starved for potash th leaves IE-aves give clear evidence of ot trouble The fhe tips and ed edges edies es turn r rt V ta r 1 Th above car and l leaf af shows w ws the he definite tell-tale tell signs sips of starvation star caused when vital 11 plant food elements are arc lacking In the soil soli yellow and become dry and lifeless Eventually the edges break oU off The surest way to keep potash hunger signs out of your fields Isto is isto isto to feed the soil so it can feed the growing corn crop A soil soU test will show the soils soil's needs not only for potash but for phosphate as us well A balanced supply of all aU three elements elements ele ele- dc- dc ments Is vital In producing high yields of corn The need needed d nutrients can ean be supplied in the form of a complete fertilizer carrying these elements Higher corn yields can be obtained ob ob- ob tamed to suiting the stalk population tion to the soils soil's fertility level and by growing well root deep ed legumes in the rotation These legumes will condition the th-e land for maximum production add n needed eded organic matter improve drainage and ventilation and loosen the unit sell so that roots can forage more snore easily for nutrients and moisture I I |