Show Chemical Best for Fertilizer Americans would starve to death if It organic fertilizer only was used to produce food says the county agent t I 0 It Organic fertilizer such as manure manure manure man man- ure and compost is excellent for crops Everyone favors its use asfar as asfar asfar far as it win will go got he explains but chemical fertilizers are arc excellent excellent ex ex- too They have the advantage advantage ad ad- vantage antage of being in plentiful supply supply supply sup sup- ply are easy to apply and that the plant food they provide Is Is' readily readIly available to growing crops The chemical absorbed absorb d by the ant however is s exactly th the sang whether supplied by organic matter matter matter mat mat- ter or by chemical fertilizer Chemical fertilizer does not kill i such friends of the farmer as earthworms and soil soU microorganisms microorganisms isms isms which help herp convert humus I to chemical nutrients that can be absorbed by plants I IA A further advantage of chemical fertilizers t he e said Is Js that they can be used selectively to over- over j on om specific Shortages of nutrients and to correct an any Im Imbalance Imbalance balance that might be present I Too much potassium in the soil soU in other n minerals can em reduce the amount of calcium a I pant plant can take up |