Show Can you a new car from your alfalfa by Keith B. Campbell Western Phosphate If you have a low-priced 1956 car that you'd like to trade in on a new and 80 acres of land planted in I you may actually he I able to the cash differ jence for your car from the alfalfa land you've been using right Sound It isn't not if your alfalfa crop is growing In phosphorous-deficient Reports from Western agricultural colleges show that growers can achieve spectacular increases in alfalfa yields and profits by applying phosphate fertilizer to soils that need And to prove that the additional net profit can be enough to put a new-model car in your look at the results of this field study by the Utah State Agricultural College Experiment IN A TEST ON Irrigated alfalfa land at Castle pounds of phosphorous per acre increased the alfalfa hay yield from 2 42 tons per acre to tons per acre an increase of tons for each acre For alfalfa hay selling at 00 per this would be an additional crop value of 60 per This is not all of because the following costs must be Cost of fertilizer per applying fertilizer per harvesting and hauling additional yield per acre additional net per acre This additional net coat of 05 per subtracted from the additional crop value of per leaves extra net profit per acre from the use of phosphate For 80 this additional net profit would total for that a new Plymouth or Chevy sells for about And your model should be worth approximately in trade at Blue Book This means that your extra alfalfa profit from one season's use of phosphate fertilizer will Just about cover the difference BUT THIS ISN'T Even when your new car is in your your extra alfalfa yield Will continue to pay dividends through higher protein content and a higher phosphorous These added nutrients mean more pounds of beef per ton of and more profit from our If you aren't sure that your alfalfa land is producing all it a sod analysis may be well worth your If a plant food deficiency the chances are you're losing You can turn this loss into extra profit by applying the proper even if vou must borrow the money to do After when a dollar spent on fertilizer returns In additional crop a bank loan to help you get started is a bargain FIGURES TAKEN from Food Page April of Fertilizer on the Yield and Composition o f Range Alfalfa |