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Show How About Commercial Com-mercial Fertilizer Tho farmers of Utah ArO for t! first timo facing tho problem of co; morclal fertilizers. In certain pai of tho stato, especially In tho truckli aroas, farm manuro Is not plontlfi Bocauso of this, according to Pr Qoorgo Stownrt of tho Utah Agrlci turul Experiment Station, there Is i most constant domand for infc nlation as to what sort of commorcl fertilizer to uso and how much. Unfortunately, thoro Is no re knowlcdgo that pormlts an accura answer to this question. Tho Expo: ment Station has Just obtained farm at Logan on which oxporlment work with commercial fertilizers about to begin, but sovoral years w bo necessary boforo anything 111 definite Information, Is acquire This Is by no means nn easy task L cauBo different crops in tho sac soil and tho samo crop on dlfforo sojls requlro different fertilizer troi monts. Sometimes only nltogcn, som tlmos only phosphoric acid, som tlmos only potash is requlrod. Tl application of substances not noedi Is wnsto of monoy for tho farmer ai Is a bad advortlsoment for tho ft tlllzor merchant who must depond profitable Increases In yield to bul up his business. Haphazard salo comploto fertilizers Is oxponslvo everybody concornod. In tho end tl farmor will purchase phosphoru nitrogen, or potassium and not Ju |