Show phosphate hos phate fertilizer acts as food to soil utah in having an abundance of nitrogen and potash in it our soils so the addition of these two elements is not needed phosphate however is lacking in ili the majority of utah soils and it is the lack of this element that causes decreased yield and poor quality in crops applying phosphate to the soil is merely balancing the plants diet permitting it to make maximum growth and give maximum yields ields there is nothing about the use of phosphate fertilizer that can harm the soil any more than th ahr feeding of good alfalfa hay lay would hurt a dairy cow it Is not a stimulant it is a food instead of harming our soil it will gradually build up the soil sail anti anil make it more productive probably no crop that glows in utah uses such large amounts of phosphate fertilizer as the alt alf crop while this crop builds up nitrogen and organic matter it rapidly dep depletes letea the soil of available phosphate tile the use of fer is giving particularly fine results on oil the alfalfa crop decreasing yields of alfalfa are being brought back to old time profitable yields by the use of phosphate increases of two tons an and d more per nere acre result aiom the use of I 1 increases it of and per cent in yield are not uncommon of almost equal importance w with ith the increase in ili yield is the increase in quality or feeding value of the hay numerous experiments conducted by agricultural colleges proved that the application ot of phosphate to the alfalfa crop increases protein and mineral content of the hay many mineral deficiency ail a ii ments of livestock I 1 Iv estock can be corrected by feeding alfalfa hay livestock will thrive and fatten better when being fed hay that has been grown with phosphate fertilizer the use of phosphate fertilizer will give profitable on oil 90 per cent or more of utah farms and should be considered an essential part of every farm p pi in the governments program to limit production of certain c crops no hint or suggestion I 1 has las ever been given for far danners to use old fashioned or inefficient methods in their farming opera lions in fact every encourage ment has been given tor for farmers to use the most efficient methods possible on the curtailed acreage the farmer cannot be helped by inefficient methods which result in it low yields per acre his salvation lather lies in obtaining the maximum yield possible on fewer acres the government realizes the efficiency and necessity of farmers using commercio com merci 1 fertilize fertilizers liz ers and at no time have they suggested that farmers discontinue using fertilizers in ill order to cut production in tact fact at the present time the government is engaged in building a large fertilizer plant in ili tennesee the output of which will be used for experimental purposes to further acquaint the cie american farmer with the value of using commercial fertilizer in ili buil bulling ting up his soil and increasing his acre yield of all crops tile the value ot of commercial fertilizer has been conclusively proved in utah it was first used in ili quantities on the sugar beet crop and results were so entrels satisfactory and that it la Is being used on oil practically all of the he beet acreage at the present time its use is rapidly increasing on other crops as farmers learn that its use gives just as satis factory re results alts on otter other crops as it Is giving on the sugar beet crop plants require food just juat the same as animals or humans they auts have a balanced diet the same bame us as animals or humans it if they are to thrive and give anax maximum yields plants require three m main food elc elements ments which are calin floid called d nitrogen trogen phosphate and potash these would compare with proteins carbohydrates and fats in ill animal feeding |