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in 1949 was $1,725,609; of this amount an estimated 62 per cent was produced by 9% of the farms.
Research and farm experience show that 5-10-10 analysis fertilizer is good for small grains, gardens arnjfpcorn. If you have as many a*10 cows on the farm, conserve the manure produced during the winter months ahead, and $20.40 worth of 20% phosphate and $30.00 worth of muriate of potash you’get the equivalent of $135.00 worth of 5-10-10 at todays prices. Expose this manure to rain, snow* etc., for 90 days and you lose about $41.00 or nearly the cost of a ton of 5-10-10. • Frequently the man who claims he can’t afford to buy fertilizer is wasting the best fertilizer OK all— manure kept in the dry, or hauled direct to the field, which has been fortified with phosphate and potash.
Anyone wanting to know how to fortify manure and thereby reduce out-of-pocket spending drop by to see us. Annually we get hundreds of requests for fertilizer recommendatioins both as to analysis best adopted to the crop as well as the rate of application, but rare indeed is there a request on how to extend the usefulness of farm produced manure.
Many a farmer has told qie: “Give me all the manure I want and I can make you the kind of
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