Show factor in increasing production of crops last year farmers bought more fertilizers tili than in many years this increased use of fertilizer was a large larga factor lu in increasing crop production the american farmer Is learning gradually the lesson offered by the european farmer who spends more on fertilizer per acre than any other farmer in the world holland Is continually enriching its soil which makes possible puls sible the intensive methods of the country and puts it at the head of the list of nations in the crop yield per acre where the Atrie american rican farmer was inclined formerly to plant over a wide area of land of questionable fertility he Is coming to realize that with more intensive methods proper fertilization and greater attention to the culture of his fields he can make more money with losa leas labor and acreage and undergo less anxiety from plant diseases and frosts |