Show scientific ARTICLES A recent Is issue 3 us of soil science con ains an article by dr J E R greaves chemist an bacteriologist and mr E 5 carter assistant chemist and bacteriologist at the experiment station of the utah agricultural ollege college entitled the action of some common soil amendment the paper is devoted to a discus on and presentation of al results or of the tha value of various fertilizers the authors have not ony considered their own ons but have taken into considers ion the work of many other avris gators the paper containing references eferen ces on various phases of this abject oue one very interesting a ot of the aper is tile the fact that tho the clement aich produces the growth is often ot the one that was added at all brt ne me which was already in lie file soil ut in an insoluble form fora I 1 he clement lemeut Seme ut laded changing it to a soluble form ji which the plant can tise lise it the authors state that in the case of at ast sodium chloride iron sulfate nd jid the sulfated sulfates sul tates fates of most ot of the suits lie he stimulation ot of growth was duo due to oci eased available phosphorus an lenient which was not pre seit in lie he compounds added in the casa cage of 0 calcium sulphate and anra of a similar nature the 0 of growth was duo due to tile the in ceased amount of available nitrogen another element not contained n the compound added |