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LÖGBERG, FIMMTUDAGINN 28. JÚLI 1955 17
The Agricultural Scene
By REG TAYLOR
The article below outlining the possibilities from the use of fertilizer
is from the Saskatchewan Star Phoenix of April 29, 1955.
To have advocated the
elimination of the summer-
fallow operation on farm
land in any year would have
seemed like heresy a little
"'vhiie ago, but soil scientists
are veering to the belief that
farmers could more profitably
carry out continuous cropping
ln areas with no moisture
Problems, and with restric-
úons to summerfallowing in
°ther districts. Every farmer
seeks to increase his pro-
^uction, and obviously should
have a better chance to do so
'f the whole of his land was
hnder crop instead of two-
thirds, with one third lying
fallow. Experience has shown
that this is possible only if
he uses both phosphate and
nitrogen fertilizer on stubble
land that was in crop the
previous year. If he uses no
fertilizer he will get over the
years the same average crop
from the whole acreage as he
will from two-thirds with the
other third fallow.
A rotation of wheat, wheat,
summerfallow has been a
long established practice on
many Saskatchewan farms,
something like a habit. Soil
scientists now question
whether this habit should be
carried on under certain con-
ditions and have come to the
conclusion that a farmer
should not carry out the sum-
merfallow operation unless
he has to.
They lay down two re-
quisites if a farmer is to
eliminate summerfallowing
any year — adequate mois-
ture reserves in the stubble
(30 inches of moist soil) and
no problem with weeds that
could not be killed with
chemicals. Wild oats would
come in the latter category.
This would seem a good year
for any farmer without a wild
oat problem to forget sum-
merfallowing and put all his
cultivated land in crop. There
is about twice as much mois-
ture in stubble land now as
considered adequate. Tha
summerfallow operation is to
conserve moisture for the
next year’s crop in usually
one-third of the cultivated
acreage. If there is even
average precipitation during
the growing season to add to
the more than adequate mois-
ture at the start, would it not
be a waste of time and money
to summerfallow land that
could produce a crop without
using up all reserves?
* * *
Soil scientist state that con-
tinuous cropping could be car-
ried on particularly in north
east Saskatchewan where
there is no moisture problem,
with the use of both nitrogen
and phosphate fertilizers. This
could be done with wheat,
but a more ideal situation
would be to have a continuous
crop rotation including
grasses and legumes as well
as cereals, for livestock pro-
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duction. Wild oats are better
controlled with a rotation in-
cluding grasses and legumes.
In other more arid sections
of the province the soil
scientists visualize farmers
deciding each year by check-
ing the reserves of moisture
in the stubble, whether they
will eliminate the summer-
fallowing operation on one
third of the land, or not.
* * *
In this column some weeks
ago we mentioned a combina-
tion of nitrogen and phos-
phate fertilizer which would
cost $7 to $8 per acre to apply
and questioned whether farm-
ers would take a chance on
such a move which meant
they had to get a five-bushel
per acre wheat increase be-
fore they even got their in-
vestment back.
The phosphate fertilizer
mostly used in the province
is 11-48-0, that is, 11 parts
nitrogen to 48 parts phos-
phates and no potash. In the
areas where more nitrogen
was needed and to keep the
cost within bounds for the
average farmer, the depart-
ment of soil science at the
University of Saskatchewan
had recommended the use of
a 16-20-0 fertilizer at the rate
of 75 to 100 pounds per acre.
The cost would be close to $5
per acre. Instead of a ratio of
one to four, nitrogen to phos-
phates, the ratio was four to
five in the latter recom-
mendation. Because of the
toxic nature of the nitrogen
fertilizer, soil scientists do not
recommend a higher rate
than 16-20-0 at 75 to 100
pounds per acre at seeding,
for fear of injuring the seed.
Any additional nitrogen fer-
tilizer, if the farmer is going
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