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Show Nitrogen Is Key To Better Yields, Bigger Profits "The importance of nitrogen in a well-balanced soil fertility program pro-gram cannot be overs'.ressed," says County Agent Jav Hall. "This ele Millatd County Chronicle Thursday, March 24, 1966 A aon U. S. Steel agronomists in the West ment is the key to better yields and bigger profits." The county agent points out that the efficient use of nitrogen is a major factor in successful and profitable prof-itable farming. Farmers who use nitrogen wisely as an essential production pro-duction tool can expect both yields and production efficiency to continue con-tinue to climb as they increase nitrogen ni-trogen fertilization rates within practical and recommended limits. Discussing the use of nitrogen in a well rounded fertility program, pro-gram, he explained that it must be kept in balance with other plant foods, especially phosphate and potash. Also, the nitrogen must be supplied to growing crops when they need it during the growing season. Nitrogen has many functions in the plant, he continued. It produces pro-duces rapid growth, gives dark green color, increases yield of seed and fruit, and improves the quality of leaf and forage crops. In addition, addi-tion, nitrogen increases the protein pro-tein content of food and feed crops and speeds up the breakdown of straw and other crop residues in the soil. Crops that do not get sufficient nitrogen will make stunted growth and have lige green or yellowish leaves and produce shrunken and low yields. 'SERVING THE PEOPLE OF DELTA AND THE GREAT PAHVANT VAkLEY" Volume 56 Number 39 Thursday, March 24, 1966 Delta, Utah 84624 10c copy $4.00 a year in advance 7.500 Read It In The CHRONIOLE Let's Update Our Fertilizer Labels by Paul D. Christensen USU Extension Soil Specialist The label is expected to be your key to knowing the content of your fertilizer. Fertilizer manufacturers are required by state low to indicate indi-cate the amount and analysis of each fertilizer included in a mixture. mix-ture. The guaranteed anlysis must show in this order the minimum percentages of total nitrogen (N), available phosphoric acid (P205), and water soluble potash (K20). Minimum percentages of any other claimed essential plant nutrients must be shown after the essential primary nutrients: nitrogen, phosphorus phos-phorus and potassium. Actually, the terms available phosphate and available potash, though still required by law, don't really tell you what is contained in the fertilizer or what the crop will absorb. Since the guarantee is required to indicate phosphorus and potassium as oxides, the chemist chem-ist has to calculate the "theoretical" "theoreti-cal" content of P205 and K20. Single superphosphate contains about 9 phosphorus (P) and theoretically the-oretically contains 20 P205. Concentrated Con-centrated superphosphate has an analysis of about 20 phosphorus (P) with a theoretical content of 45 P205. The present guarantee exaggerates the amount of phosphorus phos-phorus and potassium in the fertilizer, fertil-izer, making phosphorus appear 2.3 times as large as it really is and potassium 1.2 times larger than it is. If nitrogen were guaranteed as its "oxide," nitrate (N03), Instead of nitrogen (N), ammonium nitrate nit-rate (33MsN) would have a guarantee guar-antee of about 145, and anhydrous anhyd-rous ammonion (82N) would have a guarantee of 360. Some fertilizer manufacturers are afraid it will look as though they have lowered the analysis on their fertilizers if they should change to simply indicating the P and K. Yet, that is a realistic change urged by professional agronomists, soils scientists, sci-entists, state chemists and many people in the fertilizer trade. A complete fertilizer labeled 6 10-4 to indicate the N, P205 and K20 under the old guarantee could be labeled 6-4.4-3.3 to appropriately appropriate-ly indicate the N, P and K content To help users recognize this situation, situa-tion, dual labels can be shown on the fertilizer bags for a time. This is a logical step already used by TVA and several companies. Some states also give their fertilizer recommendations rec-ommendations under both systems so that farmers and others may easily become acquainted with the transition. Everyone concerned could benefit by taking such a step to make our fertilizer labels more meaningful. Support our advertisers. They support YOU. ..... 2- , . i m4 m -v r . v is i..:-. x ti -y- '4 3 FERTIL I - C X ' : 4' - , 4 lil t, t s W I f3J - n I i fl ) ...Vital to Good anagement FarmlVI 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. v. X I nt liVf : J ri - jD - C? " X ' A I VfSi- - ( ft '; : (, ' ) - If 1 f 1 i .... 1 i J ? V " 4 ' ' " .v. , - ... , list J fr O f Dr. Roy C. Lipps Dr. Dale D. Stukenholtz Dr. Dale E. Behmer United States Steel No Only Sells Fertilizer -It Provides Aid, Research United States Steel Corporation! not only produces and sells its well ; known nitrogen fertilizer products in Utah it provides service with its sales in the form of agronomical agronomic-al aid and research. U. S. Steel has three agronomists serving the 11 western states. Dr. Roy C. Lipps, chief agronomist, is assisted by Drs. Dale D. Stuken holtz, Jr. and Dale E. Behmer. All are headquartered in Salt Lake City. The primary function of U. S. Steel's agronomy program in the West Is to develop a coordinated company nitrogen marketing plan to sell, distribute and service chem ical products produced by the Ge neva Works near Provo. The three agronomists also work with steel products for farm use and slag for agricultural use. Drs. Lipp, Stukenholtz and Beh mer are in constant close contact with research, teaching and exten sion personnel at all recognized state, federal and private agricult ural agencies; agronomic and sales personnel of the western fertilizer and allied industries; appropriate personnel in firms marketing steel to agriculture; and USS Chemical Division and associated personnel and appropriate persons in the steel segment of the business who are marketing to agriculture. The three U. S. Steel agronomists have wide and varied experience in their fields. By coincidence, all three are natives of eastern Nebraska, Nebra-ska, long noted for its fine agricultural agri-cultural yields. Dr. Lipps, born and raised on a farm in southeastern Nebraska, served on a destroyer in the Pacific Paci-fic during World Waf V . After discharge dis-charge from the Navy he attended the University of Nebraska, major ing in soil fertilitv. He received a B.S. degree in 1947, an M.S. in 1951 and a Ph.D. in 1957. Prior to joining U. S. Steel in 1957 Dr. Lipps taught on the faculty of his alma mater for four years. He conducted research on crop produc tion, concentrating on root systems of important agriculture crops. He Is the author or joint-author of 11 scientific papers published in Ame ica and international journals of plant and soil science. Dr. Stukenholtz, a native of Nebraska Ne-braska City, Neb., joined U. S. Steel in June, 1965, from a position as an agronomist with the American Potash Po-tash Institute where he worked in Ohio, Michigan and Kentucky. He was awarded his B.S. degree in agronomy ag-ronomy in 1956 from the University of Nebraska, his M.S. in 195S and his Ph.D. in soil fertility in 1964, all from the same school. While engaged in graduate work, he was a full-time staff member of the University's Department of Agronomy, Agrono-my, and taught courses in soil science for five years. Dr. Behmer is the most recent agronomist to join the staff at Salt Lake, hired by U. S. Steel last September. Sep-tember. Born in Hoskins, Neb., he received his B.S. degree in techni cal agronomy in 1960, his M.S. the following year, both degrees received re-ceived from the University of Nebraska. Ne-braska. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1965, for extensive research in the relationships rela-tionships between plant lignins and soil humic materials and on clay-herbicide clay-herbicide adsorption characteristics. Utah farmers have already benefited bene-fited greatly from the services of these three agronomists. Some o the recent activities of the trio include: in-clude: working with grant-in-aid research projects conducted with various colleges of agriculture, including, in-cluding, of course, Utah State University; Uni-versity; applied fertilizer experiments experi-ments conducted with county a-gents, a-gents, soil conservation service personnel, forest service personnel and other state and federal agencies; agen-cies; agronomic training programs held with Utah fertilizer dealers and distributor personnel; and many other related projects. SHOP AT HOME SHOP WITH THE ADVERTISERS MR. FARMER: - gar? MORRISON and COMPANY Bulk and Bag Fertilizers 0-45-0 11-48-0 33-0-0 CUSTOM SPREADING Save 52.00 per ton on carload lot of Nitrogen HERE FRIDAY, MARCH 25th SATURDAY 2:h, SUNDAY, 27th, MONDAY, 28th Contact Ralph Morrison, Jr. |