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Show Want Good Fruit? Then Ferine by Anson B. Can, tain iiw per cent nitrogen. extension horticulturist Ammonium nitrate, 33 per cent N, is d actual nitroIf you want to grow good fruit, gen so multiply the amount need, remember that proper fertilizaed by your trees by three to detion Is important. Fruit trees termine how many pounds of and bushes require considerfertilizer to apply. For ammon. able care and maintenance, In. lum sulfate, 20 percent N, you eluding wise fertilizing, to yield would mlltiply by five. fruit. You dont need to be a tree abundant, In an extension leaflet, titled doctor, but you should learn to Fertilization of Fruit Crops, s recognize some of the we at the that indicate certain fer. university give recommendations based on re. tilizer needs. search and observations In For example, nitrogen de. Utah. You can obtain a free copy ficiency may be noted by pale from your county extension yellowish-gree- n leaves; short, thin shoot growth, small, poor agent. n In general, we say, apply quality fruit, and general lack each year and apply iron, of tree vigor. On the other hand, If you have maganese and zinc where you see symptoms Indicating that one-thlr- high-qualit- y sym-ptom- nit-roge- USS Offers ment OTHER U.S. STEEL MATER, lals helpful to farmers Include book. a series of The Proof Is in the lets: Western Irrigated Profit, Corn Handbooks, Higher Sugar Beet Profits, Growing Profitable Corn, Big Dollars from Small Grains, More Pro. fits from Potatoes, and Put. ting Grain Stubble to Work. Requests for free copies of the booklets or temporary loan of the films should be add. ressed to: Coal Chemicals Sales division, United States Steel corporation, 919 Kearns build, lng, Salt Lake City, Utah how-to-do.- Farm Rims excess nitrogen, you will have poorly colored, late maturing fruit which doesnt store as well B a picture's worth a thouas other fruit. You will also often have excessive growth and sand words, then five new farm water sprouts. films produced by U.S. Symptoms of deficiency In Steel represent a library ol Iron, maganese and zinc are In. latest agricultural Information. Available without charge to dlcated In the extension leaflet along with recommendations for farm and ranch groups, the motion correcting the problems. If you 16mm, feature newest research suspect any of these deflclen. cles, check the extension leaflet and experience tested technifor further Information and con. ques for boosting crop yields on western soils. trol recommendations. Titles of these 23 minute More than 900 Utah men and To save time when shopping farm films are Profit on the women are helped or treated for clothing, Include the sizes Mountain, Profitable Corn, annually In Utah rehabilitation This Business of Beets, and preferences for various centers, alcoholism clinics and Profitable Potatoes, and A by family items on a card in your Alcoholics Anonymous New Look at Range Manage. wallet or purse. Groups. color-soun- d pic-tur- these nutrients are deficient Since Utah soils are capable of supplying the small amount of phosphorus and potassium need, ed by fruit trees, you should have enough without adding more In fertilizer. For best results, you want the nitrogen to move Into the root zone along with winter mols-tur- e Thats why we say the best time to apply It Is from late November to early March while the tree Is dormant. Don't apply It later than one month before bloom In the spring. Putting the nitrogen In a nar. row band 6 to 8 inches wide for young trees and 2 to 3 feet wide for mature trees around the tree near the outer edge will enable the trees to get maximum benefit from the fertilizer if you have a cover crop. However, If you clean cultivate, the trees will bene, fit most by having the fertilizer sprinkled over the area Pasture and row crops require adequate nitrogen at the start of the season for strong early growth and development. It is during this period when extensive feeder roots ami top growth are developed. Whenever possible, apply the full, nitrogen the branches. Starting 2 to treatment early in the growing 3 feet out from the trunk, apply season. 'It as far out as the outer ibranches. Our recommendations refer to actual nitrogen. Apply one. fourth to one-hapound for trees one to three years old and one.half to one pound for threes three to eight years old. If your trees are producing well, they need at least one pound of actual nitrogen each year. Large apple and cherry trees BROADCAST AND PLOW DOWN YOUR to fertilizer whenever possible. Many will need one and f researchers report that plowing fertthree pounds. to use a little ilizer down for potatoes, beets, corn You have and other row crops is an excellent arithmetic In figuring your fer- method of application. tilizer because they dont con. un-id- lf one-hal- OF FERTILIZER brings fertilizer and crop residues in to close contact and facilitates more rapid breakdown of carbonaceous material. Extra nutrients are WlpliET alOC0 re- leased for the new crop. Extra bushels or tons at harvest time is the pay off. For Profit PLOWING PLACES FERTILIZER shallow both deep and shallow enough to be available to new seedlings in early season and deep enough to be in moisture and available to deeper roots during the hot summer growing season. 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