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LÖGBERG, FIMMTUDAGINN 28. JÚLÍ 1955
The Agricultural Scene
Conlinued from Page 17
to experiment, should be laid
separately on the stubble be-
fore seeding.
* * *
Last year with its more
than average precipitation,
the application of the higher
rate of nitrogen paid off. The
same thing could apply this
year with its more than ade-
quate moisture reserves. In
experiments conducted by
Dr. D. A. Rennie of the uni-
versity soil science depart-
ment, the application of nitro-
gen and phosphate fertilizers
at the rate of 125 pounds and
40 pounds per acre respective-
ly, the yield in one wheat
field was increased from eight
to 25 bushels per acre and an-
other from 20 to 40 bushels
per acre. Increases of this
nature would justify the in-
vestment of $7 or $8 per acre
for the two types of fertilizer,
but they happened under
favorable circumstances and
cannot be guaranteed.
* * *
Some farmers will be able
to carry out the experiments
with higher ratios of nitro-
gen fertilizer this year as
suggested by the university
soils department, and at rela-
tively little cost to them-
selves. The National Grain
Company is instigating this
test with 100 selected farmers
in the three prairie pro-
vinces, the majority in Saskat-
chewan.
* * *
In Saskatchewan, farmers
in the Wynyard, Elfros,
Kandahar, Dafoe, Quill Lake,
Cudworth and Meacham
areas, will take part by ope-
rating two 13-acre test plots
of cereal grains. The nitrogen
fertilizer has to be laid first
on one plot and the company
has agreed to do this with
spreaders, that is, one ton,
or 150 pounds per acre of 21-
0-0 on 13 acres. The farmer
will then apply 11-48-0, or
any other fertilizer he has
been using, over the two 13-
acre plots in the usual way
when seeding. As the two
plots will be adjoining, any
increases in yield on the plot
with the two fertilizers, over
the check plot, can be attri-
buted to the nitrogen.
The National Grain Com-
pany is conducting an ex-
periment on many different
soil types and varying con-
ditions in the three prairie
provinces and is not selling
this fertilizer. The fertilizer
would actually cost the far-
mer $70 to $75 if he had to
purchase it. It is costing the
company $12,000, about $120
per farm, as a couple of new
spreaders will be taken into
each key point like Wynyard
to do the work for the selected
farmers in the district. Only
if the experiment is worth
while and the conditions al-
low the farmer to get a crop,
is he asked to refund $60 to
the company.
♦ * *
The soil scientists are
pleased that such experiments
are carried on, for they seek
answers to questions which
can be determined only by
tests. There are some ad-
vantages to continuous cropp-
ing if the moisture is there
and if there is no weed pro-
blem. Continually returning
the stubble to the soil will
enrich it, and with a contin-
uous crop the soil is not
opened up to wind and water
erosion as in the summer-
fallow operation. But, would
continuous cropping present
new problems in insect and
disease control or bring forth
new plant diseases? These
questions could only be an-
swered by experimentation.
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