Show it The Fertilizer o Your Farm IP IPe e PAUL AUL D. D CHRISTENSEN If Extension Soil Specialist and REX F. F NIELSON Professor Plant O 0 ence at in Logan LoganI I Hoe e cant can't give general fertil- fertil recommendations that fit all lJ s. s s. s Soil and farm practices 11 too much from farm to toY toay IU f Y ay J surprise you to rea realize 1 Ize lf fertilizer needs largely de- de upon pon your own skill as a fir r. r If you manage for high n Ol elds the extra production quire more fertilizer than lur ur r management practices ally lIY result in lower yields S is simply stating the ob- ob tt fact that high yields remore remore replant re re- o more plant food from the thelow ban an low yields It is also pledging the fact that ferL feris fer- fer is only one of m many L o th f o n High production per acre requires more than large appl applications of fertilizer It also requires skillful timely operations operations operations opera opera- such as seedbed preparation preparation preparation tion planting irrigating weed and insect control Your County Extension Agent has information available for average farm conditions Such guidelines are based on numerous soil tests and field fertilizer fertilizer fertilizer fer fer- experiments He may help you see where your own conditions conditions conditions condi condi- require more or less fertilizer fertilizer fertilizer fer fer- than the average However you must remember that the amount of fertilizer you apply will depend on whether other factors of production production production pro pro- are favorable and whether er you prefer to use minimum amounts of fertilizer or maximum maximum maximum maxi maxi- mum amounts that make possible possible possible ble the highest yields obtainable An d A |