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Show DO NOT OVERLOOK SUPPLY OF HUMUS Particularly Necessary Where Commercial Fertilizers Are Used With Green Crops. Kxcept on soils nearly or quite virgin, vir-gin, there nro few farms where humus hu-mus cannot bo used by tho soil to grefrt ndvautago. In many sections where commercial fertilizers havo been used for years, to tho exclusion of stu-bio stu-bio manures, it hns been found necessary neces-sary to grow green crops for plowing under. Whoro tho green crops aro used ns u part of tho rotation, no to speak, tho exclusive uso of commercial commer-cial fertilizers can probably bo tafcly continued. Tho best results come from the combined use of stnblo manures and commorclnl manures, using tho formei for plowing tmdor lirtho spring nnd tho lattor for top-dressing or worklug in Just under tho surfneo as thu crop grows. In this manner tho humus required re-quired by tho toll Is supplied nnd tlm fertilizing value of tho manure as well. Don't overlook tho humus question If you would keep tho farm up to the highest standard. |