Show plowing Is useful in keeping up fertility of old Forest Lands in expanding upon the statement above concerning soil differences in forest and field dr albrecht brecht AI has this to say about soil conditions in the forested atlantic at when the forest soils boils which the puritans found were cleared of their trees and cultivated they were soon abandoned as agricultural land by the pioneers who were willing to face the hazardous ino movement west ward in search learch ot of fertile land these fate have not cot commonly been ed to the low loh rate and low qu quantity antiey nutrient delivery by those S soils oils of the lime thi the phosphorus the nitrogen and other chemical elements needed to make nourishing vegetation tor for the building ot of healthy animal and hui human han bodies soils which had comedown to the low fertility deli delivery veri represented by the forest level of vegetation before man plowed them offer so little for animal body thit that the tha plow must stir them and they must re ceide every possible help to encourage rapid release of the esse essential nUal mineral nutrients nutrient from the meager stock of organic matter within them such soils will produce a woody w ody vegetation whether tree aree or 1 lo 10 arm crop unless they are plowed and stirred to increase Inci ease the rate of decomposition within the soil of residues of plant generations gone before or are ire treated by fertility boosters boasters bo in the form of chemical fertilizers fertilizer and other manures |