Show Fertilizer Usage Jumps to Guin Edge on Costs I Souring birth I l on In l l ha la t in inthe the important roll of Ill inA gro food of t States and the world AND 1 lIse of has in past hn years made progress in i Sin ields of food and Dr Roy C Lipp chief lest l'est agronomist for U S Adams regional Chem Ilal Division ha e seen the that has blen ince the its first anhydrous am monia amI nitrogen rs at its Gln eva Works near Pro o Utah just t n ears ago SINCE THAT time propel fertilization has been to sing yields of food md fiber herr 31 home and abroad But much more tu be bedone done The fertilizer industry has its part of the new to agriculture by im pro ing its service to farmers U S Steel for example recent ly b 50 p r cent its ut Geneva Works TIll bulk of I Id I'd to be lal Igo ha lIt lIt- to the 01 all lly Iwa allas is 11 0 Id I'd as a bulk liquid 01 dry i EXTENSIVE BASIC nd ha shO I n also that crop ields and PIO fil s are by a 10 Ten Insufficient phosphate for Fer I a s not essar on dr land not noton on in many areas And of sacks of lint 90 80 bushels of per acre RECENTLY HOWeVER through proper fertilization harriers have tor these two crops with in of sacks of potatoes and OO bushels of wheat pel acre und testing also have pro ed to farmers that tion is the bEst tool for beating price cost In the decade fertilize usage has jumped pel cent in Idaho pel cent in Utah and t lS-t per cent in Colorado |