Show Fall Preparations Save Time During Spring Planting Valuable spring planting time is saved by doing as much fall work as possible Fall plowing and phosphate fertilization are two farm operations which are easy to do in the fall and save considerable time in the spring stated officials DR VAUGHN Hunsaker area agronomy agronomy agron agron- omy and soils specialist says that fall faU applied phosphate is more valuable than phosphate applied in the spring as the winter moisture helps make the phosphate phosphate phate available to the crop In the case of alfalfa this is particularly important as alfalfa requires adequate phosphate to get an early spring growth nitrate and urea can also be applied to fields prior to fall plowing Fall FaU applied fertilizer along with fall faU plowing make ideal seed beds for grains which do best when planted early IT IS a common practice in some areas of Utah to apply 60 pounds available available avail avail- able phosphate and about pounds available nitrogen to corn ground prior to fall plowing then in late spring with an additional 80 pounds of nitrogen he noted This sounds like a alot alot alot lot of fertilizer but the return of bushels per acre corn made it worth worthwhile worthwhile worthwhile while to one Spanish Fork farmer It is sound farm management to do as much fall work as possible to avoid spring delays and bad weather Most of the crop grown in the basin should be planted early and fall operations make early planting possible Dr Hunsaker Hun Hun- Hunsaker saker stated |