Show PLANT ANIMAL DISEASES IDUE DUE TO POOR BALANCE OF SOIL FOOD CHEMIST SAYS one by one plant dB its orders are arc be being ng traced to lack or excess oi 01 the so called minor elements W 0 I 1 robinson of 0 the federal bureau ol of and soils recently asserted before the tall fall meeting ot of the american chemical Chem Chen Veal cal society soc lety in milwaukee mr robinson no binson said that now 61 elements elemen its are known to be present en n soils and 58 of these have been found in plants although it was previously thought that only 10 chemical elements were necessary for or plant growth D diseases ceases h owe once battled baffled ers and conditions causing poor yields in certain abras are now recognized as det def 0 ency diseases A deficiency ol of magnesium magn magri esCum edum is now blamed for a potato disease on highly fertilized potato soils of mache and the coastal plains grey speck ot of oats and peas axe are duo to manganese deficiency while kop of corn is traced to anc z nc deficiency lack of adequate borax supply is responsible tor for internal cork of apples cracked stem ot at celery heart dry diry rot ot of sugar beet and pathological condl conditions tons of cauliflower and alfalfa use of farm manures manares compost wood ashes and similar organic substances tends to conserve minor elements in the sol so 1 w while hile highly concentrated fertilizers only major plant food elements tend to deplete the soil ot of the minor elements mr air robinson nob neon said de defining U as no small smal li jab for the analytical chemist to learn of quantities of minor elements in the various agricultural soils the quantity of minor elements in a given soil may be quite sufficient tor for production ot of a large crop of healthy plants and yet be inset to properly nourish the animals feeding tee jang up dpn in the plants mr RolY robinson inson stated deficiency of sodium and chlorine chlorine in plants has been met for centuries by addieg aalt to the diet addition ot of iodine to pausy a deficiency has also coved it is thought possible pcs Sible that the same mille procedure be used to satisfy cobalt deficiency causing bush sickness of sheep in naw W zealand and for other elements essential to animals |