Show Police Force Yc p C. C d a 0 s NSF A C tp i n. Y QC r c M I Plenty of organic matter is a good I police force for ridding soil soll of bacteria bacteria that cause diseases of growing crops R R. C. C Thomas associate associate asso asso- pathologist of the Ohio agricultural agricultural agri cultural experiment station estimates estimates esti esti- mates that 50 million bacteria live In a single ounce of soil Some of these are beneficial Others are harmful to crops The good kind rot the organic matter and release plant nutrients to build a fertile soil The harmful kind cause plant disease Adding organic matter to soil will help Increase the good kind and at atthe atthe atthe the same time cut down the harmful bacteria population Adding organic organ ic is mn matter makes the soil a n better home for the good kind so they flourish and grow Extracts from tram organic matter contain viruses that make disease causing bacteria I harmless to plants I A good soil management program will increase the soils soil's organic matter matter matter mat mat- ter supply and help free the land of I disease causing bacteria I I |