Show Soil Testing Fees i To o Raise aise On January 1st By DEL C. C PURNELL Sanpete County Agent Soil testing service charges at Utah State University will of necessity be increased from per sample to per sample on January 1 1966 With this pending increase University soil specialists suggest suggest suggest sug sug- gest that many farmers gardeners gardeners gardeners gard gard- eners and grounds keepers may wish to take advantage of the lower testing rate and get getan getan getan an answer to which and how much fertilizer to use Prof James P. P Thorne Thome of the Soil Laboratory explains explains explains ex ex- plains A soil analysis can help materially in avoiding the of cf fertilizer and soil amendments where they are not needed and supplying them where they are needed Maintaining the proper balance bal ha- balance ance ante among the plant nutrients nutrients nutrients is very important in obtaining obtaining obtaining ob ob- optimum growth and crop quality Even with the increase the cost of a soil analysis will still be appreciably appreciably appreciably less than the cost of a bag of fertilizer |