Fertilizer Value Is Reduced When Soils Are Too Acid. RALEIGH — If your soil is acid, it may be robbing you because the added fertilizer is not effective, says E. J. Kamprath, Director of the State Agriculture Department's Soil Testing ...
... SOIL management — the science of managing soil for crop cultivation — is not exactly an attention-grabbing subject. However, the plea is that it should be everybody's concern and not just the soil scientists. The words of the late Tan ...
... soil. When was the last time you had your soil tested? Last year? A few years ago? Never? It's a good idea to have your soil tested about every three years. You invest your time and money in the shrubs and trees you plant. It's ...
Now is the time to act to save soil, senator says. Nationwide action on soil conservation and restoration should begin now. Senator Herb Sparrow, chairman of the Senate agriculture committee, said at a soils seminar in Regina Friday ...
... soil cooler in the summer, and warmer in the winter. Evaporation of soil moisture is reduced. Under the mulch, the soil near the surface maintains extra moisture which may extend the planting season. In some parts of the state, residues ...
... soil following construction. A construction site contains soil that is about as bad as it can get. First, the soil has been compacted by the heavy equipment necessary to build a solid structure. Plant root systems need air to live ...
... soil - improvement program especially helpful, according to Dean I. O. Schaub, of State college. One change allows them to classi- fly as soil-conserving any land seeded to soil-conserving crops up to September 1, provided no soil ...
... soil. Soil that is too acid, commonly found in the Northeast, can leach out calcium and magnesium. This can be countered by adding ground limestone, using about 2M> pounds per 100 square feet of light soil, or 3V2 pounds of hydrated ...
... soil made it arren, Mr. Svmmonds obtained sarnies of the soil from those dlstrlc-s hat had not been In contact with bore vatcr and watched the results of trcat- ng them with It, He found that tho •irgln soil, which was highly fertile ...