Show workout worn oot land needs cultivation i and fertilizing lising to regain vigor vigo I 1 the notion ot of giving worn out farm land a rest cure hns has fortunately tuna tely just about passed says J i C flack hackleman leman professor of c crops extension at the university of illinois college of agriculture calcium leaches opt of the soil ond and every ton of beef pork or mutton or milk produced on these pastures removes nitrogen phoi chorus potassium and calcium or lime just assuredly as surely as does a crop of corn oats cheni ori or hay hackleman says in addition as these permanent pastures become less productive they provide less cover and the result is more loss through erosion until on unrolling rolling pastures tile the present crop Is largely weeds or unpalatable weed brasses grass Er asses cj 1 gut but these worn pastures are not hopeless according to the crop specialist cin ci alist list wid and ahe response of most of them to treatment 1 is five simple steps will transform the average worn out pasture into a productive acreage in one or at most two years the steps are to test the soil and treat it with needed minerals disc these minerals thoroughly while preparing a reasonably good seedbed re seed with a mixture of legumes and grasses control grazing for at least a year and clip weeds giving the legumes and grasses a chance because of an increase of cultivated during the war a greater acreage Is now really ready tor for legumes than before the war hackleman says A majority of the fields limed in recent years have not yet grown a legume he believes rock phosphate which was used to the full extent of its availability alty during the last war years will also show up in improved alfalfa and clover production product loh |