Show Much Phosphate Wasted in Manner of Applying Farmers who desire to get set the full fun dollar values from phosphate fertilizers ers are warned varned by members of the soils department at Michigan State college that the method metho of or applying this plant foo food Is ver very important on some sonic soils On man many heavy upland soils soUs broadcast broadcast broad broad- I cast applications of phosphates will not be he effective the specialists sa say The character of or such soils prevents I the free movement mo of surface water into and through them and the phosphorous phosphorous which has been sown on the surface does oes not penetrate to the soil depths where the 1 plant roots are taking taking tak tak- In ing up food Broa Broadcast cast applications of or ph phosphates os- os are arc successful on ou light porous soil soU where here the free movement of vater wa- wa I I ter carries the plant food to the proper depth Tests made ma e by hy the soils department have shown that when phosphate fertilizers fertilizers fer fer- are sown at nt depth of four to I six Indies incites proper distribution of the plant food will follow even on heavy I soils Fertilizer drills will wilt get set the material Into the ground ground at the proper depths I |