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Henderson Daily Dispatch
Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina
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North Carolina Department of Agriculture to launch free soils testing program for farmers within 90 days, financed by 1939 revenue, to aid fertilizer selection and reduce guesswork, per D. S. Coltrane.
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Raleigh, June 5.—A free soils testing program for farmers, to provide information to be used in more intelligent selection of fertilizer grades, will be provided by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture within the next 90 days.
The program will be financed with increased revenue provided by the 1939 General Assembly.
A chemical process is used in soils testing work to determine the content of soils and the formation found by chemists may be used as a basis to determine the most suitable fertilizer, and remove the "guess work" in fertilizer grade buying.
D. S. Coltrane, assistant to the commissioner of agriculture, emphasized, however, that "at best, soil testing work is but an effort to give farmers additional information on the chemical analysis of his land and to help him to more scientifically determine the amounts of plant food necessary for maximum yields at minimum costs."
Meanwhile, the department is seeking a competent agronomist and soils chemist to head the new program.
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Raleigh, North Carolina
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June 5
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A free soils testing program for farmers to provide information for intelligent selection of fertilizer grades will be provided by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture within the next 90 days. The program will be financed with increased revenue from the 1939 General Assembly. A chemical process determines soil content to identify suitable fertilizers and remove guesswork in buying. D. S. Coltrane emphasized it gives additional information on chemical analysis to help determine plant food amounts for maximum yields at minimum costs. The department is seeking a competent agronomist and soils chemist to head the program.