Show 13 Y U PROF FESSOR URGES FALL PLOWING tho the european farmer works his soil much more than does the american farmer and as a result gota gets anata mam rooth yields from small areas according to dr thomas L martin professor of agronomy at young university who r recently e c e u t 1 y returned urai returned from a study of 0 a agricultural g r 1 c u I 1 t conditions of tho the old world dr martin thinks that tampers in tho the western states may increase the quantity and quality ol of their crops by plowing their loam and clay loam soils in the fall these soils sells are heavy and need to be loosened up a at t the end of the tho growing senon season so that the rejuvenating forces of 0 winter may work upon them fall plowing ghe ho says will do these things make tor for a good seed beed bed lesson lessen spring work of the horses usually does away with one irrigation in the spring make more nitrogen available for crops aid in insect and weed control favor action of soil bacteria provide for proper ventilation of the soli soil dr martin protests against burning leaves the burning of leaves and litter in the fall of the year maults in tremendous waste qt of organic matter that i could better bo be left on the land as tor according to dr martin ile he urges that instead of burning the leaves leav ibs they bo be made into compost heaps by putting alternate layers of cl leaves and soil and allowed to decompose during the winter the compost should be wetted thoroughly as this aids decomposition in the spring this compost makes an ideal deal soil tor for flower beds or may be I 1 used directly as fertilizer to spread upon the land incidentally dr martin further suggests that it if the soils of the intermountain mount aln region are to maintain their productivity increased attention on the part of farmers must be paid to the problem barnyard manure should be carefully utilized Far farmers merEl often overlook the tact fact that orchards should receive applicators of fertil zeer as well as other crops |