Show LIFE impossible WITHOUT phosphorous two wheeled spreader behind a small tractor phosphate a applications to the soil enables plants animals and humans to obtain phosphorous needed for their normal development chairman howard francis of the morgan county agricultural conservation association committee says experts now generally agree that if life is to go on certain soil elements are necessary chairman francis continued while these elements are numerous phosphorous along with nitrogen potassium tas and calcium are arc needed in the larger quantities he added in soils lacking phosphorous the application of phosphates in v various a ri forms makes it available to plants these in turn make it available to animals and human beings not only does this practice ce improve th the e quality of crops grown but it also increases the yield in recognition of the need for this element in human nutrition and because some soils lack phosphorous ph orous assistance is given under the agricultural conservation program to farmers who apply phosphates to their land farmers cooperating with the conservation program will receive per lb ib of available phosphate for applying phosphate in on certain crops he stated ile he said that this conservation measure can be successfully done this fall and urged all interested farmers to contact the county office in morgan at once many farmers applied for phosphate in the spring at which time it was not available this chemical is is now on hand at the utah poultry plant and we urge that farmers acquire it now because of the uncertainty of future delivery mr air francis said |