November, 1921 



milk flow. Every farmer knows the general 

 methods of feeding stock. He also knows 

 that well fed and well groomed animals are 

 more resistant to discises and the attacks less 

 fatal to them than to animals suffering from 

 malnutrition or starvation. 



TVTITH animals, the farmer can see the 

 • ' quality and quantity of food that they 

 are consuming and note Its effects. This 

 makes the problem of feeding stock more 

 simple than the problem of feeding plants. 

 The plant, be It grass, grain or tree, re- 

 quire; a balanced ration in order to obtain 

 its maximum growth and its resistance to 

 disease just the same as stock and not until 

 the farmer learns to feed his plants will he 

 get the greatest returns for the money ex- 

 pended. In feeding plants, we are dealing 

 with elements existing In the soil in small 

 quantities and Invisible to the eye. It is 

 therefore impossible for the farmer to tell 

 If the plant is receiving its proper ration 

 except by Its appearance and rate of growth. 

 A plant, properly fed, will make a nor- 

 mal growth, Its leaves will be of normal 

 size, of a good green color and its power 

 to reproduce seed or fruit will be at a 

 maxinjum. The feeding habits of different 

 species of plants differ the same as differ- 

 ent species of animals. One species may 

 require more lime, nitrogen, phosphorus or 

 potash than some other species just the same 

 as a hog requires a greater proportion of 

 grain to roughage than a sheep, horse or 

 cow. Water is as important for growing 

 plants as for animals and where Irrigation 

 Is possible, no plant should be allowed to 

 suffer for water. Where irrigation Is not 

 possible, the greatest care should be exer- 

 cised to conserve that which comes as rain 

 or snow, so that the plant will receive the 

 most possible. 



While different species of plants may 

 differ in their feeding habits. It must be 

 remembered that the functions of the plant 

 foods do not differ in different species. For 

 example, nitrogen's chief purpose In all 

 species of plant is in leaf formation and the 

 production of proteins and nitrogenous 

 bodies, potash in building up the carbo- 

 hydrates and cell structure and phosphates 

 In producing seed and fruit. In discussing 

 plant foods, it must be remembered that 



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