Show county farm news by the county agent county farmers barme who 0 are planning to set out small farm forest trees this coming spring tor for windbreak wind break shelter belt or woodlot purposes should prepare their ground this tall fall this advice Is given by raymond R moore extension forester at utah state agricultural college according to ray burtenshaw county agent proper preparation ol of the planting site Is as essential with trees as with any other crop areas to be planted to trees next spring should be selected soon and plowed and harrowed this fall if po possible isible this will give the cover crop 0 of weeds or grass that Is turned under time to rot before spring in addition winter moisture will be retained in the loose ground which will become sufficiently settled for planting by march or april more than forest frees have been distributed from the nursery at utah state agricultural college during the past several years the nursery Is maintained by the college in cooperation with the federal gov for the purpose of 0 furnishing trees to farmers at a low cost soft wood trees available under the program are eastern red cedar rocky mountain jun juniper ponderosa pine and blue spruce hardwoods available are green ash siberian him elm black locust e u s 0 honey locust russian lo 10 olive ll 11 v e black walnut golden willow and lombardy poplar complete information on how to obtain the trees as well as recommended varieties can be obtained by calling at the county agents office farmers are cautioned to seek advice from the county agents office before using sulfur fertilizer on ion their farms this warning was issued this week by W 11 bennett ext tension agronomist at utah state agricultural college farmers in a number of 0 utah counties have been buying sul eul far fertilizer agronomist bennett explained even when their farms will not benefit by its application experiments to determine the value of sulfur as a fertilizer have been carried out by the college experiment station at logan loean over a number of years in none of their field trials have hare re search workers been able to measure a beneficial response due to the addition of sulfur although sulfur la Is one ot at the essential elements for plant growth utah soils contain sulfur in sufficient quantities to provide for normal plant nutrition on some alkaline soils boils especially where black alkali is present sulfur is of some borne value but even then it Is beneficial only when there Is lime in the soil and where drainage can be established even under these conditions several applications of otsui sul fur each at the rate of 1500 1600 pounds or more per acre might be required to bring about a lasting improvement on some of our black alkali soils |