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Show LARGER CROP ON RICH SOIL p ' 0 Startling SUtement Made by Dr. Widt- li aoe In Paper Prepared for Dry d Farm Congress. li II A plant growing on a rich aoll can ti make twice aa much growth with a b given amount of water aa a plant grow- r Ing on a poor aoll. That was the startling statement made by Dr. 0 Wldtsoe of Utah In a paper prepared s; for the Dry Farming congress. He li cited an experiment. Corn required 908 t tl pounda of water to produce one pounJ , p dry matter; when the same field was o manured It required but 612 pounds h In other words, the field when ma- ei nured could produce a third more. He s secured similar results by cultivation, si Stirring the aoll enervated plant food. It seems to be a good deal like the p results that might be expected from ai feeding a man thin or thick soup, tl rbese (acts are Important to tbe dry hi rarmer; but also to the humid region ol Farmer and to tbe Irrigator. n h. |