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Show Soil Fumigation Being Tried OnCarrotFarms The first soil-fumigation in the history of Iron county was carried car-ried out on the L. F. Luke farm in Cedar valley. Soil fumigation for the control of Root Knot Nematode Nem-atode on Iron County Carrot farms was demonstrated last week by Gerald Thome, Nema-tologist Nema-tologist of the U. S. Bureau of Plant Industry Soil and Agricultural Agri-cultural engineering whose headquarters head-quarters are in Salt Lake City. Mr. Thome is considered the most outstanding man in the country in his field. He was assisted as-sisted with this demonstration by Mel Wallace of E. C. Olsen Chemical company, and Verl Ja-cobs, Ja-cobs, local representative and field-man for the Utah Producers Produc-ers cooperative organization. According to Mr. Luke, carrot farmers of Cedar valley suffered severe losses last year, due to nematode Injury of the crop. Mr. Luke states that the local grow-era. grow-era. this year, will fumigate the soil of at lease a part of their carrot acreage in order to learn for themselves what the true value val-ue of soil fumigation will be. Local growers are hopeful that by means of soil fumigation to control Root Knot Nematode, which is extremely damaging to carrots, they can materially Increase the production of U. S. No. 1 carrots per acre. With 350 acres of carrots to be planted in Iron county this year, it Is possible that between 250 and 300 car loads of carrots may be shipped from the county this season if nematode Injury can be minimized and If good stands are obtained and the crop is care-lully care-lully Irrigated, cultivated and otherwise managed for maximum production. Cedar valley farmers who will fumigate soil this year at a cost of from $20 to $40 per acre, ar L. F. Luke, Mrs. Rolce Nel-son Nel-son and Sons, J. M. Palmer, Or-son Or-son Bryant, Cony and Davis Farms and Fred Perry and Son. |