Document Type
Circular
Publication Date
6-1920
Department
Agronomy Department
Circular Number
1
Keywords
soil survey, nitrogen, crops, legumes
Description
Summary
1. Nitrogen is necessary for the growth of crops.
2. Nitrogen is disappearing from cultivated soils.
3. Maintain the nitrogen supply by growing legume crops.
a. See to it that the soil is not sour.
b. Inoculate the seed.
4. Don’t burn stalks or straw, because
a. A ton of wheat straw contains $4 worth of nitrogen.
b. A ton of oats straw contains $4.80 worth of nitrogen.
c. A ton of corn stalks contains $6.40 worth of nitrogen.
Pages
4
Format
application/pdf
Type
text
Language
en
Publisher
South Dakota State State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Agricultural Experiment Station
Recommended Citation
Hutton, J. G., "Soil Survey Circular No. 1: Nitrogen From the Air" (1920). Agricultural Experiment Station Circulars. 1.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/agexperimentsta_circ/1