Millard County Chronicle | 1949-03-10 | Page 9 | Farm Topics

No Crystal Ball Needed To Tell Needs of Soil Tests Will Give Farmer Answer to Question You don't need a crystal ball to tell you whether your soil needs A soil test will give you the yes or no answer. Where a deficiency exists, a test will indicate how much lime your soil needs. County agricultural agents, vocational agricultural agri-cultural teachers or agronomists at state colleges and experiment stations sta-tions are glad to cooperate in making such tests. Testing is always the safest course in applying lime. Some soils have plenty lime. Adding more might be harmful rather than helpful help-ful to crop production. CT? YOU DON'T NEED A ( ( CRYSTAL BALL TO FIND i OUT THE FEOTIUTY OF YOUR 60IL ' I" To soils that need it, lime is the keystone of any well-planned soil building program. Lime adds needed calcium. Lime boosts the efficiency if fertilizers. It neutralizes acid soils and makes possible the growth of sweet clover and alfalfa. These deep-rooted legumes add precious organic matter to the soil. But lime by itself cannot do the whole soil building job. It has to be supported by the generous use of phosphate and potash fertilizers, by plowing under deep-rooted legumes, by the return to the soil of all possible animal manure and crop residues.