| Show i I Cost of F Fertilizer Can I B Be e Reduced b by Legu Legumes nes ne's Grow more moie legumes legumes' and let nature nature tape take ca care e. e of f your ou fertilizer r need e dV r. r Let t the the ther r help pay PUr pay your jour u- u fertilizer r bill bUl i This is the suggestion suggest on soil and and androp crop rop specialists of the Georgia State Col College College CoK Col lege of Agriculture make inake to help keep the cost of fertilizer down Nitrogen is the most expensive constituent in factory mixed fertilizer th they y say say and economy necessitates necessitates' the using of a n apart apart part part of the unlimited q quantities of ot nitrogen found in the air over Georgia farms The clovers and vetches hl have ve been found to make available about sixty pounds of nitrogen per acre and when the whole crop is turned under the fertilizing value Is equivalent to the addition of five fhe or six loads of stable manure A good legume hay crop turned under under under un un- un- un der will lead to profitable and permanent permanent permanent per per- manent f farming aim Ing It would require four foul tons of ordinary raised mixed fertilizer er r per acre containing 2 per yer c cent nt ammonia ammonia am am- monia to furnish an amount of nitro pitro- nitrogen gen en equal l to a good crop of or vet vetch h or or r clo clover er If purchased In mixed form this nitrogen would c coat cast Jt from 20 to 25 25 per ton |
