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Show WEST MILLARD FARM SECTION FARM PROFITABLY WITH FERTILIZERS VOLUME 1 NO. 1 DELTA, UTAH MARCH 10, 1960 WEST MILLARD Smoke Produces Nitrogen Fertilizers Where there's smoke there's not necessarily fire! Research chemists have found ways to capture one particular type of smoke and change it into fertilizers ferti-lizers and in the process have established es-tablished a common bond between Utah coal miners and Utah farmers. Smoke from Utah coal is helping help-ing to produce three high-strength nitrogen fertilizers at a new Nitrogen Nitro-gen Plant near Provo, Utah. First of its kind at a major American steel mill, the plant is located at U. S. Steel's Geneva Works. The fertilizers are derived, as are many other thousands of other chemical compounds, from the captured cap-tured black fumes given off during the coking of coal. Marketed under the USS Nitrogen Nitro-gen Brand, the three "coal" fertilizers ferti-lizers ammonium sulphate, anhydrous anhy-drous ammonia and ammonium nitrate ni-trate will be ready for use by Utah farmers this spring. In the usually nitrogen-poor western soils, farmers have found that these nitrogen-rich fertilizers increase their yields at low cost. They offer a variety of services tailored to the individual farmer's needs. Anhydrous ammonia is stored as a liquid and injected into the soil under pressure as a colorless gas. The gas adheres to clay particles in the soil and as the soil warms up, changes into nitrate nitrogen which pan easily be taken up by the plants. This conversion process allows the release of nitrogen over a longer period. Drilled ammonium nitrate is particularly par-ticularly effective for crops that require nitrogen in both the ara-monical ara-monical and nitrate forms. Applied in either the fall or the spring, it stimulates vigorous growth and develops de-velops healthy green plants. In addition ad-dition to its growth-stimulating characteristics, it increases the protein pro-tein content of forage crops, with resulting gains in meat production. The third fertilizer, ammonium sulphate, is advantageous because its acid residual effect offsets the alkaline nature of most western soils. The presence of sulphur in ammonium sulphate can be a advantage ad-vantage on sulphur-deficient soils because it provides increased growth and helps maintain dark green color in plants. The fertilizers are only part of the infinite variety of fantastic chemical compounds that scientists have discovered may be produced from coal chemicals. They link together to-gether not only Utah farmers and miners, but complete the cycle back to vegation in huge prehistoric prehis-toric swamps which formed the coal we use today. Fertilizer Boom to Mountain Pasture An acre of average mountain meadow or pastureland has the nutrient value to produce about $28 worth of beef at 20 cents a pound. Fertilization, plus good water and harvest management, can increase this figure to $104 80 worth of beef an acre a gain of 576.80 an acre. These remarkablfe productivity figures resulted from special inter-mountain inter-mountain area studies sponsored by United States Steel, a leading western west-ern fertilizer producer, working with ranchers and agricultural agencies throughout this region. Many of these studies are presented in the now-available, new U. S. Steel movie, "Profit on the Mountain." Mount-ain." These and many other current research re-search studies are being motivated by a growing concern among mountain state agricultural experts about the competitive forces which today face ranchers and beef growers grow-ers in this area. (Continued oa next page) "A: tt f -Tmrnnii miirir iiiUx '4 MUM r r-7 J t iv y j emm iMtLll 1 iCIlxl ;i f - r 1 - X -xJ ; uKul w uOOCi V' I A; . Farm Management - -' ". :T;1 i J - - ' ' ' ; t ' v 'i fc'i ' i i - The farmer who is going to be successful must be efficient I Kf ' ! in this era of higher farming costs and fluctuating farm prices. ' f j " lf f i ' 7 ',: MAKE YOUR FARM A PROFITABLE FARM - USE FERTILIZERS r? QjJ Q iio The farmer who is going to be successful must be efficient in this era of higher farming costs and fluctuating farm prices. Efficiency results from many things: modern methods and equipment, equip-ment, good seed, crop rotation, correct irrigation, and - - more and more important - - proper fertilization. The farmer who uses fertilizer in the proper amounts realizes the highest income from his farm. His per-unit costs are lower, his yields higher, his profits larger. Surveys show many western farmers are not using enough fertilizer. Yet, fertilizer brings its benefits rapidly - within a few months; and these benefits are easily measured. The successful farmer is an asset to his community because he is a prosperous neighbor and a good customer for many items. Proper fertilization is the key to farm profits and important to the growth of our state. "1; i r- fc ii if an Vw C- 4i 4-i i v J v AtiD qppn f J Agricultural .Qnservci! ii leporf, Government programs affecting agriculture have a definite influence influ-ence on the economy of Millard County. Gene A, Walker, Chairman of the Millard County ASC Committee, Com-mittee, has released the following information regarding activities carried out by the Agriculture Stabilization Sta-bilization and Conservation Organization Organ-ization in Millard County" for 1959. Kj Conservation Program (ACP) There are 695 farms participating, participat-ing, with a total gross payment of $150,828.00 for completion of approved ap-proved conservation practices. This amount represents about 30 of cost of practice performance. Conservation Reserve (Soil Bank) There are 167 farms under contracts, con-tracts, covering 33,711 acres with an annual rental of $320,180.00. All acreage under contract is seeded or will be seeded to a protective cover, with Government assistance amounting to approximately 50 of the cost. Sixty-nine of the 167 contracts are whole farms. Generally Gener-ally this program Is adapted to non-Irrigated cropland. Wool Program Ninety-seven producers have applied ap-plied for incentive payment, which involves 149,622 pounds of wool to date, for 1959. For 1958, 123 producers pro-ducers applied for incentive payment pay-ment on 225.531 pounds of wool and received $55,818.52. Forty-four producers applied for incentive payment sovering 267,837 pounds of unshorn lambs for 1959. For 1958, 46 producers applied for incentive payment and received $6,223.13 for 601,041 pounds of unshorn un-shorn lambs. Payments under the wool and lamb program are determined by the average price received nationally. nation-ally. The 1959 program covers sales of wool and lambs made between April 1, 1959, and March 31, 1PG0. Producers have until April 30, I960 to submit applications for the 1959 year. Sugar Beet Program Twenty-two farms participated in growing a total of 502.1 acres of sugar beets. The sugar act payments pay-ments made to these producers for 1909 were $11,761.12. For 1960 43 farms have requested beet acreage acre-age in the amount of 9G1 acres. Price Support Program Two farm-stored barley loans were completed in 1959 for 3,800 bushels, amounting to $2553.99. Farm Storage Facility Loans Fifteen farm storage facility loans were completed for a total of 27,050 "bushels of storage space. The net amount of the loans completed com-pleted was $8,014.44, this represents repre-sents about 80 of the ccst of the facilities. P.epayinent of such loans is made in four annual Installments Install-ments at 4 interest Drought Emergency Program Sixty-four producers made application appli-cation for assistance under the feed program ti.-cught emergency, of these 11 were approved for a total of 8,867 CST, amounting to $SS67. Wheat Program ' Under the wheat program there are 637 farms producing wheat, with an allotment of 23,602.1 acres. Inspection and supervision is made each year on these farms to determine de-termine compliance with the wheat program regulations. The above programs are currently current-ly being administered by the ASC County Committee. Farmers are urged to contact their ASC Office occasionally to determine how Government Gov-ernment programs affect the Individual Indi-vidual operations. E |
