Show Agro Agronomist nomis TelIs eils best method for storing fertilizer 1 by glen baird you may be interested ln in farm storage pi 0 comme rial over the winter for several reason 1 fertilizer left over lover from this season should be kept Until dext year hoften 2 often can be purchased to advant advantage agi several months ahead of when they will bemused be used usually most fertilizer Is used during the space of only a such as is k ht planting time and land the demand may inay be extremely heavy at this period thus reducing available supplies to a point where immediate pur purchase chise may not be possible fertilizer manufacturers rs are faced with difficult storage problems if allers all ers wait until fertilizers are actual ly needed before purchases are made 3 application at appo opportune artune time me can be made isyou have ready access to a supply of needed materials rula rules to follow it if the fertilizer you have in storage alsto is to be in good condl tion for spring use follow these k rules iules 1 I 1 store sacks of fertilizer fertil ixer only in buildings that are dry and have flooring off the th e ground 2 if you have to use earth or cement floors for storage stack bags on a crib of blocks and boards 3 stack bags closely together ge het this will reduce bacula ti alon of i air from which fertilizer may nay soak up moisture how to lock 4 put no more morr than seven or eight bags in a stack in high stacks the pressure of thetos bags b as will tend to cake ca kethe the fertilizer on bottom of pile 5 broken bags separate from main pile loose fertilizer soaks up m moisture nature 6 61 ammonium nitrate may constitute a airi hazard store away way from open flames and do not p permit ermit smoking near it keep away from steam p pipes lpes or electric wiring and combustible material of all such kinds as basiline ga siline oile olle etc destroy empty bags that have contained ammonium nitrate tightly any partially emptied bag 7 sodium nitrate through less hazardous than ammonium nitrate should not be handled carelessly |