Show EXTENSION agronomist ISSUES information ON SPRING PLA PLANTING professor J C hogenson exten sion agronomist at the utah state agricultural college advises intermountain farmers to have two things this spring at seed planting time a fine and mellow yet firm seed bed and the best se seed e d obtainable A well pre prepared seedbed furnishes an abundance of room for the penetration of plant roots provides a larger store of available plant food and a greater reservoir f for orl water three things essential in making a maximum crop yield it provides close connection of seed with soil grains so that germina tion will be quick and oven p fessor hogenson explains Q professor hogenson advocates advocate n use of certified seed because U duara guaranteed t ed by the state and i 3 tamable only in scaled and t tao bags th the tag a g contains the perce perc aggedy age of f P purity ri t Y germination and 41 purifies puri ties if any i il use th the variety of seed best darted to your soil and climac seed that is viable and that is c as a variety and free from d dise iseah he advises also he treating seed before planting cu chiding ding to the standard treaon tr eatn recommended by the ExPer hel station and extension service it if these two precautions are r e te ta en w if the soil is reasonably dem fem and moisture can be supplier supplied y needed during the growing browin 9 and if weeds are kept do down don n T t cultivation then a good clean T profitable crop should re sult suit promised hogenson |