BB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 20,1980 Liming helps control nutrient availability LITITZ Plants require at least 16 different elements Three of these - carbon, hydrogen and oxygen - are supplied to the plant from the air and water The other 13 are generally supplied to the plant from the soil. The availability of these soil-supplied nutrients are greatly controlled by soil reaction, the pH of the soil, and the acidity or alkalinity of the soil. The availability of most of these essential elements to plants is at its highest within the pH range of 6 0 to 7 0 This is true for the major plant nutrients - nitrogen, phosophorus and potassium - and the secondary elements - sulfur, calcium and magnesium Of these six elements phosphorus is most affected by soil pH As the pH drops below pH 6 0, the very acid range, other elements such as iron and aluminum combine with phosophorus The availability of phosphorus in these com pounds to plants is very low The more acid the soil the lower the availability The availability of phosphorus to plants is also reduced in very alkaline soils, at pH values above 7 5 At this range calcium reacts with phosphorus to reduce its availability This reduction of phosphorus availability is not as great as in acid soils The effect of pH is just the opposite with all of the micronutrients except molybdenum Iron, maganese. boron, copper and zinc are more available to plants in acid soils than in limed soils In fact, liming sandy soils to a pH of 7 0 is not a desirable practice It can create deficiencies of micronutrients such as ma ,, ' ,r, "sp, boron, zinc and in Federal Land Bank to retire excess stock YORK Local fanners, who get their long-term financing through the Federal Land Bank Association, will find a pleasant surprise in their mail boxes this month The Board of Directors of the Federal Land Bank Association of York has approved the retirement of most capital stock and participation certificates of the Federeal Land Bank in excess of six percent of the unmatured principal balance. This will mean a check to many of the farmer borrowers who are also the owners of the Farm Credit Cooperatives The Federal Land Bank is the long-term, rural lending arm of the some cases iron So to be sure that the essential plant elements in your soil are being ef ficiently taken up by plants, use lime properl} Have your soil tested and apply lime only when needed and only in the amount recom mended cooperative Farm Credit System H Richard Zook, General Manager of the York Association, said this week that his office hopes to have most of the checks in the mail within the next two weeks. He added, “Wlule in dividual payments may not seem to be significantly large in amount, the total refund will put more than $38,000 back into our Association’s agricultural sector this year alone ” The Federal Land Bank Association of York serves the counties of York, Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton and Perry, with loans outstanding in excess of 78.5 million dollars 1 BUY. 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