Show I Fumigation tiou of Soil Seen As Increasing asing asing Farm Crops COLUMBUS OHIO Tripling OHIO Tripling or even quadrupling the yield of farm farmlands farmlands farmlands lands through soil fumigation was a possibility advanced at the an an- annual annual nual nUll convention of the American As As- Association Association Association for the Advancement of Science Through the use of tear gas gas gas- two two two horticulturists of the Rhode Island agricultural ex ex- experiment experiment experiment station Drs Frank L. L I Howard and Fred K K Crandall re re- reported reI re- re reported I ported the normal yield of tomatoes was increased as much as per cent Soil fumigation at the rate of pounds of to the acre increased the yield of No 1 toma toma- tomatoes tomatoes tomatoes toes per cent tent in 1937 per percent percent percent cent in 1938 and per cent in 1939 the scientists reported They also found kund that the leaves exhibited less disease and the roots showed less from soil organ organ- organisms organisms organisms isms in the treated areas arens |