Show soil fertility Is essential to food fertilizers help to increase value of acre agriculture in all its forms rests upon the basis of soil fertility whatever renews or increases that fertility benefits the farmer a and nd those dependent upon him for food clothing and essential articles from farm commodities war food administration reports show that the planting of millions PRODUCT 15 WH EIZE vvan A increases as much as 57 resulted from fertilizer use of additional acres in crops has b been een avoided during the war years by increased creased use of fertilizer resulting in in marked increases in yield it has been determined that two extra bales of cotton were produced prodoc ed per ton of fertilizer extra bushels of corn 85 bushels of wheat bushels of potatoes and bushels of oats on a group of west virg virginia lal a farms forage production was reported increased 57 per cent from the use of a ton of ground limestone and pounds of triple per acre protein content of the forage increased more than 40 per cent winter legume cover crops on which fertilizer was used showed in increased growth which was reflected in larger yields of succeeding crops bene fitting from turning under the green manure an average increase of more than 11 bushels of corn per acre acre was reported from plantings ings immediately following the vet vetch ch without the use of additional fe fertilizer r ti increases in alfalfa hay yields from fertilizing the soil were reported as 33 per cent in the northeastern states 25 per cent in the east central area 40 per cent in the south and 15 per cent in the north central and western regions |