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Show Different Weeds for &vms Agent has information available avail-able for average farm conditions. condi-tions. Such guidelines are based bas-ed on numerous soil tests and field fertilizer experiments. He may help you see where your own conditions require more or less fertilizer than the average aver-age recommendations. However, How-ever, you must remember that the amount of fertilizer you apply will depend on whether other factors of production are favorable and whether you prefer to use minimum amounts of fertilizer or maxi-' maxi-' mum amounts that make pos-Isible pos-Isible the highest yields ob-' ob-' tainable under your conditions. By PAUL D- CHRISTEISEN Extension Soil Specialist RES F. NIELSON Associate Prof., Plant Science Utah State University We can't give general fertilizer fertil-izer recommendations that fit all farms. Soil and farm practices prac-tices vary too much from farm to farm. It may surprise you to realize rea-lize that fertilizer needs depend de-pend largely upon your own skill as a farmer. If you manage man-age for high crop yields, the extra production will require more fertilizer than if your management practices normally normal-ly result in lower yields. This is simply stating the obvious fact that high yields remove more plant food from the soil than low yields. It is also acknowledging ack-nowledging the fact that fertilizer ferti-lizer is only one of many things that influence crop production. pro-duction. High production per acre requires more than large application of fertilizer." It also al-so requires skillful, timely operations op-erations such as seedbed preparation, prep-aration, planting, irrigating, weed and insect control. Your USU County Extension I in ill MP in n |