Show imitate nature by y putting humus material back bach into soil by bf thomas L martin agronomist brigham young university university over OUT thousands of 0 years nature lias has built into the soil boll material a great organic matter complex known as limus u this humus acts as a in tile midst of 0 the soil particles and is capable of absorbing water releasing favorable gases feeding soil organisms and yielding acids allds which in turn dissolve plant food from the soil particles clea it Is really the great key force in tho the midst of an army aminy of 0 working units which gives gevea the boll ltd its complexion aad indicates indicate s what tile the soil possibilities are nature know knew how important this hunius liuni iia was for yeara year sit it has given ghen our virgin solla soils just the right amount which when cultivated makes these soils eoila yield abundantly yet mau man can and dots does with his cultivating practices and a failure fallaro to provide additional humus take away in BO 60 years all that nature liaa has supplied la in years one olid may put much of 0 this humus back into tile the B soil boll straw leaver beorn corn fodder garbage manure hay bay refuse sweet clover and alfalfa as 49 green manure hlll furnish a an additional humus supply straw kaca bearc and aad garbage should never bo burned A compost could well bo be made to take care ot of this material until the former farmer can use it have a small arft area of ground selected and there place layers of straw or other farm faim refuse followed by a thin cover coer of soil soll repeat this process until ono one has a pile 0 6 to 10 feet high allow this to io decompose for a few months then slice the soa down from the side and one will ft find nd a most won wonderful deif III loamy soil for vegetable and flower gar berls one would not hot need to so go up tip file ho canyon ta la the spring of the year to secure forest bores t mold it would already le be there for immediate use for flold field practice spread the manure and refuse on to the field anytime during during the year when it la is gonye plent it need not be placed in ille to partly decompose first it if one has a limited amount of manure to apply spread it over as much ground as possible rather than place a large amount on a small area this will be conducive to greater gi eater yields per ton of manure |