Sugar House Bulletin | 1941-08-15 | Page 4 | Your Soil First |

Type	issue
Date	1941-08-15
Paper	Sugar House Bulletin
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
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Article Title	Your Soil First
Type	article
Date	1941-08-15
Paper	Sugar House Bulletin
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	4
OCR Text	Show ! Tour Soil First 1 A good gardening soil is both friable and fertile. 1 When friable, writes Helen Van Pelt Wilson in the Marcn issue of House Beautiful magazine, it has water holding capacity, is well aerated and easily penetrated by plant roots. It is rich in active bacteria, due to its humus content. When soil is fertile, it has plenty of those elements which are essen-, tial to the healthy, balanced growth of plants. Too many amateurs, according to Miss Wilson, start gardening with
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