Show le less g bulky fertilizers encouraged by farmers gigher concentration atlon of plant food in mixed fertilizers than was cus ternary six years ago has resulted tn in ohio farmers buying au percent per cent more plant food in commercial fertilizer tn in 1998 1028 they bought in 1022 while paying only 3 per cint cent ci nt more freight and bagging charges C N C E barney of the soils department of the ohio state university has checked tile the ten dencler in the use of fertilizer on ohio farms through fertilizer sales reports made to III tho state department of agriculture ri actual tonnage of fertilizing lising material purchased in 1128 1028 la 19 only 2 per cent greater than tonnage par chased in 1022 says sayi barnes but this Is not it a true picture of 01 what has haa happened along with this small email increase in tonnage to ie has been fin an increase in the concentration of 0 the fertilizers sold which has haa made tile the sales of total plant food materials in 1928 1028 increase 20 per cent over the sami sama sates sales tn in 1022 barnes check shows that the sale of phosphoric acid increased 0 9 per cent in the six year period sales salea of potash increased per cent and sales of nitrogen increased per cent |