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Show United States government leading way in soil conservation crusade, abolishing soil-mining Undeniably, farm labor shortages and the rationing of agricultural machinery are deterrents to over-expansion. over-expansion. With the War Manpower Manpow-er commission's recent move to defer de-fer dairy, livestock and poultry workers, some relief will be forthcoming, forth-coming, but labor will be scarce. In all history there never has been a time when it was more essential for farmers to follow efficient production pro-duction methods and utilize to the fullest extent oery practice that wul result in maximum output with minimum min-imum labor. In such a program, the importance of fertilizer is self-evident. The U. S. government is leading lead-ing the way in its crusade for soil conservation and the abolition of soil-mining practices. With all these factors in operation, opera-tion, it is evident that if more food is to be produced the present farm acreage will have to produce it. How to accomplish this is a prob lem farmers themselves meet, but experience has demonstrated that productivity can be increased if the soil's fertility level is raised. Tests have shown that the average farm's crop output can be enlarged from 10 to 30 per cent through intelligent soil treatment. This means taking advantage of proper rotation, the growing of soil-building legumes, the regular application of phosphorus and potash, and terracing and contour con-tour plowing wherever necessary. |