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KENTUCKY SOILS NEED LIME l LIME AND PHOSPHATE INCREASE CROP percent. The use of lime and phosphate pro-
AND PH OSPH A-I-E ’ r- AND PASTURE YIELDS miieslcrhellgerprvzflhdoftla grpalter variety of grasses
Man ears’ results from ten outl in ex eri— l . g _ . € € O C llclllllls mlxmms
B S C JONES ll Y . ll g lll wlrrch otherwise could not be used Thus not
Y · · ~~ ment helds show marked crop increases from ODI is the ieldincr db 1 ' . *
MOYC than ll“`€€‘l0“l`lllS Ol lllc land in K€“‘ . l . lilussmc alO“€ and lmlll l’llOSPl“l€ al°“€· but is llalngthengd md srefifglrerudrialltélilirlllgrzcasfn
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prcléyptrs dehprerif rralliggrlrlhge Sgickp gpgpépug- I- the rncrepsep on} lahnd treated wrtht both? lime duwdl Over most Of Kentucky, lime and Phos-
ll ‘l° ’ lllllc lgl ll gl ‘ . O S Ollc {mh l) losp lll C me lllllcl greg cl' .0l Cxl phate are essential to the successful Jroduction
grass region, if rt has not prevrously been treiltefl arrrple, limestone alone rncreasd the yield of Of _IH_I1fa l
with lime and phosphate, responds prohtably to "’ _ = corn 6.9 bushels and phosphate alone 9.5 bushels éoglpzirison Of results On the Older CX cri-
such treatment. Yvllilllll the Bluegrass region. Jer acre, wlrrle the rncrease on land treated wrtlr I . . . P
most of the land responds to lime and much of 1 lroth limestone and phosphate was 17 5 bushels lllclll l'€l°lS lOl lllll lllsl Clglll llclllls Shows more
rt to phosphate. Probably half of rt needs both , per acre, or 1.1 bushels more than the sum of 6.9 Illéllhgsi gflliflllclllgllllllhllleldlél Ol Clolb lfmll lor
for prohtable yields. Proof that Kentucky soils ° ’= bushels with limestone alone and 9.5 bushels ,ICCumIIlaI§OH gflliilc au§{)S1IO;;$11g?;§SIyfO in
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llc llmlllllg lll l)Olll llllle llll Pl"°l’ lll ll lll llllll llllmllll llc _ lllllllc Collllllllwllé lOl lllc an accurnulatron of or anrc matter and nitro en
rshed not only by the chemical analyses ol thou- wheat and hay crops were even more marked. Su ) med b the le uni _ . I1 _ .g
sands of samples, made by the Kentucky Experr- _ The increases for the land treated with both lmlIl I0 Ih€liaI_I_CI_ _I·%IOuIiI gllpwll mu EFIlOlil[lOll*
ment Station, but also by 10 to 25 years’ results l ‘ limestone and phosphate over the land having hm 1 b   fl I 1 . O fllfllglc .lgl was lc-
1`rorn ten experiment helds in different parts of ; no limestone or phosphate were: for corn, 17.5 lcl Ccllllsc O llc lllglll lll? CS l)lO llc€°l‘
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thcIStttc, (the blrsrs lor the illus 1 rtrons rn Ins I bushels, lor wheat, 88 bushels, for Irnrxed LIME AND PHOSPHATE ENSURE
leaflet) and by the results of hundreds of lmre __ I clover and grass hay, 2,115 pounds; and lor soy- GREATER PROFITS
and phosphate derrronstratrons conducted by " ’ " bean hay, 1,405 pounds. Obviously, on most
l¥*l`lllCl`$_ Coolluallllg Wllll Ululllll llgcllls lll all l€—€mllCl‘Y wil ll is m0l`€ Pmlllalalc Y0 u5€ bnlli The illustrations show the average annual
parts of the State. I limestone and phosphate. I I I yield and value of crops per acre for ear corn,
1;-img Sn; ., I ` Eight years ol pasture experiments rn grazing wheat gmilh and mixed Clover and grass hay
0 P ll I steers on the VVestern Kentucky Substatron at grown on ten outlying soil experiment fields (1)
  “_ Pl`ln€€l0n $ll0W 0nlY 47-2 P0un€l$ annual gain on land having no lime or phosphate, and (2)
  P€}` acre on unU`€al€€l land. Wlnlfi the annual on land treated with limestone and superphos-
  A 1 .., garn on lrmed and phosphated land was 149.6 phate. Ooru is valued at 75 mms Per bushel;
No Lime   pounds, an increase of 102.4 pounds, or 217 wheat,   per bushel; hay, $12.00 per ton;
01. Phosphate   I lrrnestorre,   per ton; and 20—percent super-
`   _` Lime and phosphate, 81.20 per 100 pounds.
A:)   A l` Plwsphalle Other forrrrs of soluble phosphate show very
    sirrrilar results. Ground rock phosphate used in
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