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Show I SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES I WRITTEN BY A. C. MEN BJ Ot the six contributors to the March-April number of tho Journal I ot the American Society of Agronomy I three are men at the Utah Agrlcul- tural College. Dr. Frank S. Harris I writes on "Tho Effect of Soil Mols-I Mols-I ture, Plant Food and Age on tho Ratio I ot Tops to Roots In Plants." Dr. ,f!k Robert Stewart and Mr. O. H. Hirst, IjF writing conjointly on tho results of (eats which they have performed on I soils which have been used foY a num-B num-B ber of years in dry farming, publish B an article on "Nitrogen and Organic Matter In Dry Farm Soils." B It is a decided compliment to the I institution to which they belong and I the Btate which supports that lnstltu- I tlon, to have these men recognized In I this manner. Take the little state of I Utah and compare it with the whole I United States which is represented by this Journal, and then think that halt H of its contributor are from tala lit-H lit-H tie elate. I Another thing of which we might be proud Is the fact, that the materia I from which theae article were drawn I ia largely of Utah origin. For In- stance In the Stewart-Hirst article, we read: "It would appear that In the dry farm soils ot Utah there Is not a marked loss of nitrogen and organic organ-ic matter of tho plowed surface ot the soli." As all farmers know, these two elements are of prime importance to crop production. If then there Is not a marked loss, as Is noted in other sections as In Washington and the Great Lako region, 'then our soils must be made ot bettor material romc-how romc-how and wo pay well bo proud oT the fact. In tho concluding remark ot this same article are some good suggestions sugges-tions to tho farmer: "Tho dry farm soils of Utah," they say, "are well supplied with limestone and tho mineral' min-eral' eloments ot plant food, maWe the maintaining of the nitrogen supply sup-ply the most important part of tho soil fertility problem of the Utah dry farm. It is therefore imperative that the farmer use every means at his command to plow under thto straw and stubble. The future may demonstrate demon-strate the necessity ot uUHsattoa of a leguminous crop for this purpose." |