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Show Pag Tuesday, March 21, 1961 The Tooele Bulletin 12 Survival Trip To Uintas Termed Success A sun and wind burned group of department of fish and game Good Field Com Requires Large Quantities of Proper Fertilizer Field corn is a crop that requires large quantities of fertilizer in order to obtain maximum yields, according to scientists at Utah State University. Corn, grams, feeds very heavily on nitrogen. The phosphorous status of most of our irrigated soils is sufficiently high either through normal fertilizing practices or native fertility to take care of the needs of corn. However. most soils are low in nitrogen as far as total needs of corn are concerned. Since potassium is present in all our sods and water in adequate amounts, potassium fertilizer on corn is not recommended. like-sma- s returned personnel this week from the snow laden, wind swept and ruggedly beautiful high Umu Mountain country. The group of six fish and game men entered the Trial and Mirror desirable to Irrigate frequent!) Lake area early Insf week for the with light irrigations. purpose of putting on film the rigors and met hods of winter surWhere water is available, irri- vival. When processed and edited 10 basis gation on a weekly or day the films will be slated for use would be most favorable. If irri- as wide training aids in state gation water is limited, it is not classes of hunter safety and surdesirable to apply high rates ol vival training. Suih classes, unnitrogen as efficiency of usage is der Utah law, are mandatory for when water all materially reduced huntprospective first-tuncannot be supplied to meet the ing license buyers. demands of the growing crop. A department spokesman noted WHERE CORN is planted fol- The trip was highly successful. lowing sugar beets or planted fol- Wind and snow conditions prevalowing a crop of alfalfa, then the lent in the area at the time gave fertilizer rate can be materially an air of stark to the reduce. Manure is most effec- construction of snow-- caves, snow-hut- s tive with corn. If manure, is apand sleeping trenches, the 1 plied. the nitrogen should tie re- building of wintertime fires, and The recommendations for field duced five pounds per each ton the methods of food corn, where water is adequate of manure. ail musts for survival in such conand where maximum yields are ditions and all recorded on film Under some circumstances ni- for viewing by future desired, would be on the order ol generations 100 to 200 pounds of available trogen deficiencies will develop in of Utah outdixirsmen." Ernest O. Biggs ada of corn as season the crop nitrogen per acre. This would be Tooele County's Agriculture Extension Agent assuming that 30 tons of silage vances when it is not possible to Films shot during the week move through the should be available for use by equipment Our Tooele County soils have per acre are desired or if sweet (By Ernest O. Biggs, Tooele field. This problem can be solved hunter safety and survival trainis corn and grown approximately Unforan abundance of iron. County Agricultural Agent) tons of ears are to be sent partly by applying nitrogen in the ing instructors sometime during Still fertility is the cornerstone tunately, practically all of it eight to a cannery. irrigation water, either by using the winter of 1961-6unavailm form a winch that is limn profitable agriculture exists ammonia nitrate or ammonia sulIron built. Soil fertility depends lar- able to plants. This induces UTILIZATION of nitrogen phate THE in water and dissolved gely on wise use of fertilizers, Chlorosis'' caused by insufficient with corn is associated MAY ADVISE YOU into the irrigation system YOU trickled closely Iron Chlorosis" i ertilners are used to supple- available iron. with the irrigation practices fol- or by using some of the other tttHV TO PACK A TRUNK ment the plant materials in the or yellows can be seen in fruit lowed. It does little good to apply nitrogen carriers and applying soil, ami to restore plant nu- and shade trees, ornamentals, a of nitrogen on corn them in the irrigation water. rate heavy trients removed by cropping The lawns, and .some crops all over and only irrigate in a manner with-i.- i the for of Control methods chemical fertilizers county. using that would indicate the acreage The problem associated with bounds of recommendation is iron chlorosis are meager, expenbeen fertilized at all, or in this type of application is that neither harmful to man or ani- sive and give only limited con- hadnt complete control of water must small amounts. mal. trol. About the only chemical that be maintained so that the fertiliFertilization alone is not a can be applied to the soil with Nitrogen applied to corn at the zer will not be carried away in guarantee of higher yields, other beneficial results is a chelated" time the land is prepared can be the waste water that accumulates factors of good farming enter into iron complex. This is expensive, broadcast and plowed down or it at the lower end of the field. This are but can be applied to small fruit can be sidedressed after the crop particular approach These high acre yteles. should be variety of the crop grown, irriga- orchards, shade trees and orna- is growing. It is not desirable to used only in situations where an tion methods and amounts, weed mentals. Other preventatives and broadcast on surfaces of the soil extreme deficiency exists and it If SffuOfTT WT TMf rtf1! Vi . MUM tOfft WOAL UlUffiTT 04 6 and insect control, crop rotation, cures are practical on small and not incorporate it down into becomes necessary to employ this If Yu Me ad tart aaaf aCvy M M and proper timing of operations. areas, and information about the soil. Where heavy rates of ni- method in Older to develop the tar aor a fifM Pw a It mgmm u acw'nj mwl In order to derive maximum bene-f.t- these can be picked up at the trogen are used with corn, it is crop. ra from fertilizers when they county agent's office. follow sin! management good FARM MANURE is an excelf radices. lent fertilizer material and should PLANTS need sixteen plant nu- be used whenever available. Avertrients for normal growth. Carbon, age manure contains about ten hydrogen and oxygen are supplied pounds nitrogen, five pounds phosI y the air and make up 95 per phate and ten pounds potassium cent of the dry weight of plants. per ton. Sheep and poultry maThe other 13 elements come from nure contain about twice these the soil. Of these potassium, amounts. Manure also contains magnesium, sulfur, boron, appreciable amounts of all essenchlorine, copper, and molybde- tial elements. Manure is genernum occur in most Utah soils and ally low in phosphates and should many irrigation waters to satisfy be supplemented by commercial crop needs. phosphate fertilizers when applied iron, to pastures, alfalfa, sugar beets Nitrogen, phosphorous. manganese and zinc are deficient and vegetable crops. in many of our Utah soils, or Many high quality fertilizers w hen present, exist in forms not are on the market either as a available to plants. single element fertilizer to be In our Tooele County area, we stamped on the bag or container, are most apt to be deficient in showing the percentage of each three plant food elements - nitro- fertilizer element in the bag. You and available will see such figures as gen, phosphorous or iron. on the or or MOST CROPS require nitrogen bags. These figures tell you what fertilizer for high yields. When kind of fertilizers you are buying. crops lack nitrogen they grow The per cent nitrogen is always slowly and have a light green listed first, phosphorous, second, color, low yields and poor quality and potassium third. result. Legumes such as alfalfa fertilizer means you and clover have the ability to A manufacture nitrogen from the air, have a mixed fertilizer with 20 and usually do not need applica- percent nitrogen, 16 percent phosfertilizer means tion of nitrogen. Soils recently phorous. A t fertiliplowed out of alfalfa will produce you have a single ALVIN O. HIGLEY, Grantsville Rancher, pictured here with his 1961 Mantes well, without additional nitrogen. zer consisting of 45 percent phosfertilizer means Small grains and corn are heavy phorous. A Chevrolet Trucks is an example of the many farmers and ranchers who feeders of nitrogen and are the you have a single element fertili33 first to require applications of zer consisting of percent nitroclaim the New Chevrolet Trucks are the Greatest Invention since the horse. gen. commercial nitrogen. The application of phosphorous FERTILIZERS SHOULD gento alfalfa, pasture, sugar beets, erally be applied when the crop MANTES CHEVROLET in Tooele invite all Tooele County Farmers and and vegetable crops to our Utah is dormant or when the field is soils has increased the yields of not producing a crop. It is someRanchers to come in and see for themselves by Test Driving the Great Line these crops. Phosphorous defic- times necessary to make two apin our county soils is not plications of nitrogen to produce iency of 1961 CHEVROLET TRUCKS! as general as nitrogen deficiency, a crop. In this case the second and should only be applied to the application is applied to the growabove crops after a soil analysis ing crop, either by side dressing test, or a trial experiment plot. or by applying fertilizer in the In general the soils lying. at the irrigation water. lower elevations in Tooele County If you have specific fertilizer are more apt to be deficient in problems, your county extension Phone 860 23 South Main Street Tooele, Utah phosphorous. agent is available to help you. priK-urin- i- TO ML ffc s Another Satisfied Chevrolet Truck Owner! cal-tciu- -- 0 0 .'.-men- |