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Tests Continuing on Use of
Rock Phosphate In State
How does phosphate compare wit! otherfertijizers ? ~ ^ .
Farmers and* fertilizer men haw Jong made conflicting claims abou 4 the worth or worthlessness of rod phosphate for—Virginia—soils;—Thqueston is receiving added emphasi these days, since the 1952 Genera Assembly legalized the sale af rod phosphate in Virginia, i ,
The tests plots will be cropped ii rotation to corn, wheat, tmd clover Moschler believes that at least thre< complete cycles, nine years, is tlv shortest period possible to assess th< value of rock phosphate. <
conservation districts, three during the past year, covering more thai 92 percent of our farm lands. W< can contribute to the continued pro gress of the Commonwealth by similar attention in the future to con servation of every element of ©ui natural resources.”
Head of the committee in charg< of the observance is R. J. Fisher Gordonsville, chairman of the Virginia Association of Soil Conservation District Supervisors. He said many special activities will be planned during the week.
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