. mb i {**■ , * * » s AGRONOMISTS HAVE FOUND that mod- tihzer as the crop was planted, they now era fertilizers not only help the crop, but plow down the bulk of the bulk of the nu also help build up soil fertility in general tnents and apply only starter m the row Whereas farmes used to apply all the fer- Duung the seven months end- c d 2,§9 800 tons compaied with mg Jan 31, exports of bread and 2,889,000 tons in the same period coarse gi am from Argentina total- a y ear earlier * ♦♦ Aluminum Coated Doubles Fencing Life Costs No More! st :: 2! ♦♦ ♦Z ♦♦ Silage Preservatives for 1958 1 1 ★ Sodium Methabisulphide . ★ Kylage ★ Citroias EASTERN STATES FARMERS' EXCHANGE REPRESENTATIVE Or Warehouse for Complete Details Now! ♦♦ NEW WIRE ♦♦ * S * ” >v ' n,A & *>> *+/■*'" ifi >V*> *'%* ♦✓W -***? - .> * x *> :,s v^Av‘S’i' 4 ■ *%** ■s\ <i> **• W 5 * <> ' f ' <H'- .4V *• ,*V Lower evpoits of coin and wheat accounted for most of the induction GREIDER’S ANNOUNCE N The Sale of Ist Generation VAMRESS ARBOR ACRE BROILER CHICKS ~ * Beginning July Ist ★ All eggs proflucecl on our farms and hatched under rigid sanitary conditions. ★ High'chick quality and liveability will he stressed. ★ Small orders given the same attention and service as larger orders. - Call Hatchery: Mt. Joy OLdfield 3-2455 or our representative Joe Wolgenmth, Jr. Mt. Joy OLdfield 3-4965 Greider Leghorn Farms, Inc. Mt. Joy, R.D.I. Pa. Chemical Fertilizers Help Build Organic Matter by Feeding Bacteria Fiom the cotton helds ol the South to the coin fields, and pas tines of Inc not them states ha-, come one ol the most revolution t*" leitilucrs in lecent yeais Anhjdious ammonia was do \ eloped b\ icsearch workeis m lUississippi during World War II The rc\ olutionai j pait of the feililizcr is that it is applied as a gas rather than as a solid 01 liciuid \nhjdious ammonia is a mi\ tine or compound of nitiogen and h\diogen It is formed by com Lining atmosphenc nitrogen and Indiogen horn natural gas undei hcut and pressure In most feitilizci manufactui mg piocesses this ammonia is combined with another element 01 compound to make a solid This ol course adds to the cost of ma terials and therein lies one of the most faioiable aspects of anhy d’ous It costs less per pound of nuiogen Ammonium nitrate, for ex ample is about 32 per cent mlro "ni Anhydxous ammonia con tarns moie than 80 pei cent intro c on In the cropping sj stems used in Pennsylvania, barnyaul maniao ’s used to a great extent as the mtiogen source This manure also goes to build humas or organic Lancaster Farming, Friday, March 21, 1958—13 mattci Thcie aie manj misconceptions about organic matter Dr. Firman Bear, USDA soil scientist, savs, ‘Plants aie the ptoduceis of oigame mattei not the useis ol it They teed pri marily on the inorganic matter that is leloased by (he soil and the decay of oiganic matter and not the organic matter itself ’ He adds that one of the best w<a s of increasing the supplv of oiganic matter ,s by the use of chemical feitihzer When laige amounts of strawy nianuie are added to a field, oft en the fust \eais crop production will be lowered The bacteria which break down the stiaw and olhei woody substances feed on niliogeii These bacteria will get the available nitrogen from the sou before the plant But if added nitrogen is appli ed theie will be enough nitrogen in (he soil to feed the bacteria r.ud still leave enough for maxi mum plant giowth MUSSER Leghorn Chicks For Large White Eggs DONEGAL WHITE CROSS For Broiler Chicks "Direct from the Breeder** Phone Mt. Joy OL 3-4911 Dead Animals Removed Promptly Will Pay Full Value For Dead Animals Dealers in Bones, Tallow and Hides FRY’S RENDERING WORKS Prop., John Fry 2114 Hollinger RD. Lancaster Ph. EX 2-4815 Toll Charges Accepted WINTER COMFORT i^JL X^^aissxßßaßiSßefiF HEATING OIL GARBER OIL CO.
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