Rich County Reaper | 1929-07-26 | Page 4 | Factor in Increasing Production of Crops

factor in increasing production of crops last year farmers bought boullit nore more fertilizers tili than in many years this in creased asb use of fertilizer was a large factor tn III increasing crop production the american farmer is learning gradually the lesson offered by the rum european farmer aho vho spends more on fertilizer per acre than tiny any other farmer in the world holland Is continually enriching its soil which makes possible the intensive methods of the country and puts it at the head bead of the list of nations tn in the crop yield per acre where the american farmer was inclined formerly to plant over ever a wide aren area of land of questionable fertility he Is coming to realize that with more intensive methods proper fertilization and greater attention to che t ho culture of hla his fields he can make more money with lesa labor and acreage and undergo less lees anxiety from plant diseases and frosts