Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-03-20 | Page 19 | Soil Condition is Found Vital

SOil CONDiTION IS FOUND VIT At Organic Matter Needed to fo Secure Best Crop Results A Although organic or-anlo matter is de- de declared de declared dared to bo be the most valuable constituent of ot the soil experts say I that it Is la rather difficult to l place lace a definite money value because of I Ithe the various effects effect produced by Its Itsuso TL 1250 matter mattee e Development of ot organic ors mat mat- mat mat- ter tee tor for the soil soli either through proper fertilization growing ot of legumes Or br some similar Is advocated ad by all farm experts Even the tho prevention of ot erosion Is 13 only possible through presence ot of organic matter in the soil soH Au- Au Ab sorption Absorption of sater ater that would also be That lost l st either through percolation percola percola- tion or flood flow is one ono ot of the actual results attained tion Evaporation i li Is also prevented pre as aa the or- or or ganic organic matter acts cm lIS a mulch Irregular particles of ot organic matter Introduced between the Ibe capillary particles of soil eoll retard the Capil- Capil capil lary movement of ot water through further the soil soli and thereby tend to tur- tur fur ther thor reduce the amount of ot moisture mois mols- mois- mois ture turo lost by evaporation Thus the water holding holding capacity of the soil soli Is Is greatly Increased by the uso use of organic matter mailer Heavy soils low in organic mat mat- matter mattee ter tee do not have e the power to form crumbs or granules which permit the free and ant easy movement of air and water a a condition Iary sar tor v q the v un of most plants Such soils solis are usually hard and cloddy when dry and take water only with dif dlf difficulty The term terni filth Is used to refer to that granular condition of the soil best suited Bulted to the growth of plants Organic matter improves es the of ot all clas classes es ot of Loose sandy saudy soils dolLs are aro bound together and heavy y clayey soils loosened by organic matter and the ease with which they U are tilled IJ l greatly Increased Organic matter is lost from the soil Boil In several mainly ways though main main- ly iy through cropping An average crop will remove approximatelY one ton i depending deI per acre per year de- de de I pending upon the kind ot of crop and the amount of organic mat mat- mat tee ler mattee present re at An crop would remove l more moro than a non non- i cultivated crop It Is 13 evident therefore that the soil soli organic matter Is being reo re- cumulated accumulated moved removed mutated T much taster faster ft l than It cu and that it will be bo sary necessary to supplement the natural natural i especially where the tho nat nat- nat ural supply is already low 10 use of ot farm form manures green Ireen manures willbe an and crop residues will wll be necessary In maintaining this Important constituent