Show Sulphur as ns a n Fe Fertilizer That vast areas of lands Inthis in inthis inthis this section of the country may be turned to and that the crops on bearing soils may be increased in some instances almost four fold by the application of crude sulphur as n a a fertilizer are important import import- ant scientific facts revealed by o Dr P. P J. J r director of the he Agricultural Agricultural Agricultural Ag Ag- Experiment talon station of the American Smelting n Refining company company company com com- pany here His statements are based Oil on experiments experiments experiments ex ex- which he describes in a recent recent article in the Mining 1 and Scientific Press This has attracted attract attract- ed widespread interest because of the wartime need of of foodstuffs experiments were conducted to determine the effects of both elemental sulphur and sulphuric acid the former being found Cound the more ef ef- ef Vast Tracts to be made Arable The fact that soils having a wat wat- soluble er-soluble alkali content somewhere above the limit for general agricultural agricultural tural purposes may be brought under under under un un- un- un der cultivation by treatment with sulphur or sulphuric acid means that great areas of now useless lands may be profitably farmed said heIt heIt heIt he It shows also that an outlet may maybe maybe maybe I be found for the excess sulphur I thrown out by smelters as useless products by-products because there has been no sufficient market for it Some of the increases on land at atthe atthe atthe the Salt Lake Experiment station treated with sulphur as compared with land not treated were as fellows fol fol- follows follows lows Alfalfa per cent bar bar- ley corn Kaffir corn milo mile maize 1826 oats peas potatoes 63 squash Utah JIant 1527 squash Hubbard Hubbard Hubbard Hub- Hub bard 1879 wheat 1278 Much sulphur in natural deposits the Mining l and Scientific Press points out is to be found in the San Rafael canyon In Utah as well as in Wyoming and Texas The American Smelting and Refining Refining Refining Re Re- fining Company the editor of the publication comments has done a great service In applying the the methods methods meth meth- of the trained technologist to demonstrate that the smelter not only only only on on- ly should live as the harmonious contributor to the welfare of the agricultural agricultural agricultural ag ag- ag- ag neighbors but that the farmer needs it as a resource for the sulphur and sulphuric acid with which to improve his soils and increase increase increase in in- crease his net returns |