Show Needs of Corn Corn needs plenty to eat and drink to produce high protein You can get extra pounds of protein and more bushels per with a well-rounded bill of fare based on good soil University of Illinois research men proved that in tests on a number of experiment H. J. Snider of tue agronomy staff reports that good soli management Increased the corn's protein content by nearly a pound per Corn grown on well treated land averaged pounds of protein per or about 10 per cent of the total Corn on untreated soil averaged only pounds of protein per or about per The well managed land had the benefit of liming and rotation built around well-fed deep-rooted The organic matter added by the legumes built good soil structure and improved the drainage and increased the soli's water holding That made it easier for corn roots to get at plant oxygen and The fertilizer treatment Included phosphate and potash where On soils requiring more nitrogen than the legume crops nitrogen fertilizer helped Increase the corn's protein Snider says good soil management not only improved the corn's feeding but Improves |