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Show down for next year's sugar beets; 3 Light application of nitrogen nitro-gen and phosphate with the seed when planting dryland wheat. Dr. Christensen points out that generally farmers won't need to apply phosphate every f,ear- How often , ' application. ni tt, A 'ertilir triax f ! on a meadow belm, r,; ' and R0y Yardle1:. in 1963 showed ay s V. ? r fail appu. mtrogen and phos , spring applicaUon ! may present some problems. It is not usually wise to apply nitrogen if the land will be flooded or receive more than six to eight inches of precipitation precipi-tation during the winter and spring months. Nitrogen in nitrate form moves with water in the soil and may leech out of the root zone of the soil, or in water-logged conditions de-nitrification de-nitrification may occur causing the nitrogen to go off as gas into the atmosphere. Anhydrous Anhyd-rous ammonia is more stable. It can be applied in the wetter regions when the soil temperature tempera-ture drops below 50 degrees. However, the soil specialist advises ad-vises farmers to avoid apply- t nv form this lng nitl'geans that are subject Xall to areas that are t0 flooding for more than to three days. Farmers find that fall fertilization fer-tilization has particular advantage advant-age in these uses: Top dressing, of alfalfa and meadow with PhosP 2. Applying fertilizer to plow NOW IS TIME FOR FALL FERTILIZING It isn't too eany to plan for fall fertilizing. County Extension Exten-sion Agent Grant M. Esplin says more farmers are using the fall season ror applying fertilizer. This way they avoid the usual spring rush to get ground fertilized, cultivated, and planted. Dr. Paul D. Christensen, USU Extension Soil - Specialist, explains ex-plains that fall fertilizing has these five definite advantages: 1. Fertilizer can be plowed under during fall plowing and avoid some of the pressure on spring labor. 2. Surface applied fertilizer is carried into the root zone by winter moisture. 3. The fertilizer, particularly phosphate, is available for crop use as soon as the plants begin to grow in the spring. 4. Since tne spnng rush often results in temporary fertilizer shortages, farmers stand a better bet-ter chance of getting the kind of fertilizer they want in the fall. 5. Weather and soil conditions condi-tions are usually most favorable favor-able in the fall. Phosphate particularly par-ticularly gives greater response in cool weather when it is applied ap-plied on such crops as alfalfa and meadows. Dr. Christensen cautions that fall fertilizing with nitrogen |