Show Vital Vita Plant Foods Lost When Straw Is Burned Some small sm ll grain farmers farmers' still burn th their lr straw stacks apparently unaware unaware una una- ware that straw Is valuable Clean straw should be used for or bedling bed ling jung whenever possible It may thus add to the comfort of farm aria animals nn and 1 later replenish the soil by hy Its return return re re- re- re turn to the land as manure It Is r realised real real- aj Iz d that more straw Is produced on an many farms than can cap be used for purpose purpose Where a large lurge surplus of I straw straw Is on hand It Is sometimes desirable de de'- de- de to to scatter scatter- It over th the land lanel disking it In In and plowing it under us as fertilizer Sometimes soil soll moisture Is js jsn IsH Isn n H n limiting factor and means that the straw would remain In- In Inthe the soil soli for far a along long time d A good good practice would be to leave the straw stack stad to rot and lat later r haul the lie residue e to the theland theland theland land as manure It tal takes lakes es a year ear or ot more nore for the straw to rot depending ing on on tile the rainfall The stock should b be located where It will not seriously Int In- In t with cultural operations |