olany / KEEP OUT THE WEEDS Plant Food Easier, LOGAN—Don’t bother to man-| of leaves on shrubs and fruit trees ure your lawn, advises Dr. Paul may be caused by a shortage of Christensen, extension soil con- iron in the plant. New chemicals servationist at Utah State Agricul- | called chelates now on the market tural College. | give very satisfactory results. Manure may bring weed seeds. These are applied to the surIf it contains a lot of straw, it may face of the soil and can be irri- | J cause a nitrogen shortage and yellowing of the grass. Also, it is a gated in or dug in with a shovel. nuisance to handle and have on It takes only about one or two _|the front lawn. teaspoons of chelate for a small >}. “The main value obtained from rose bush. A peach tree in the ";manure, is the organic matter -| added to the soil. As organic mat- backyard may require one half to |' ‘ter decays it makes soil more one pound per tree. One promis| loamy. However, since grass roots | ing chelate is sold under the |do the same thing you don’t need | trade name Sequestrene 380. | (159 Varieties Of Fruit Ne ‘At N, Y.-fk. He says plant food is much easier applied to lawns in-the-form lof commercial fertilizer. One '| hundred pounds of ammonium ni‘| trate, for example, will supply as | ‘|much nitrogen as three tons of manure; 100 pounds of treble |superphosphate as much phos= as eight tons of manure. Dr. Christensen says too many home-owners haul soil to their property when they don’t need it. Very often, he says, soil hauled in is less productive than GENEVA total of 15° peen nay the Ne: Expe’ nt” that | ° | which home owners already have. ig addition, it may contain weeds. SHALLOW ee _|. lawns,” ib A SOIL ) |. “If you have shallow soil over i | boulders or gravel, haul in med! ‘ium textured loamy soil and cover | I |to a depth of six inches to a foot. i fi |If you have a light sandy soil on I your lot, improve it by mixing two | 4 inches of clay with three to four If inches of sand underneath. | “If you have a very tight, sticky | clay in your flower beds, mix four inches of sandy soil with two | |found, please return. inches of clay underneath.” Dr. Christensen says yellowing |} re | ee to ee matter ge organic a add | Dr. Christensen points out. a 2|/to } |