The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, June 20, 1906, Page 2, Image 2
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Agricultural I
How Much Plant-food Docs ti,,:
a Crop Remove from the sup
Soil and How to Restore 8t*'
run
If* con
aga
Southern Cultivator. fU'
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In a contemporary agricultural
pa >er 1 have read thai a 500pn
md bale of cotton takes from
th? soil 20 pounds of phosphoricao
1, 73 pounds of nitrogen and
&1 pounds of potash. |
answer to my questions will bene* ,na
fit and oblige several friends of v,c
the Cultivator, including
Yours truly,
Alfred Aldrich. wo
Barnwell, S. C. Pr<
pni
Mc
Comment by the Editor: a
1. No; our "contemporary" ^0I
got their figures a little too high.
Here is what Prof. I. P. Roberts *>el
says, and I consider him very rlc
reliable authority : A 500-pound ne<
bale would remove?
Lint and seed?Nitrogen, 28.35 Ti
lbs.; Phos. acid, 9.30 lbs.; potash,
13.07 lbs. Lint?Nitrogen, i.40
lbs.; phos. acid, .33 lbs.; potash, i 1
3.18 lbs. Seed?Nitrogen, 26.95 jtuI
lbs ; phos. acid, 8 97 lbs.; potash, i a8,i
0.85 lbs. I M 1
sr ' I
Now here are some figures rf
worthy the most thoughtful atten- ""
tion of every farmer. See how ''n<
little fertility is removed from Wl'
the soil by the lint, and how
much by the seed. Removing the wl'
need is what impoverishes our j '
Southern soil. Yet we want the 1
nulla to work these weed, but the
cotton-seed-meal and hulls should w*'
j i
be brought right back and fed to '
cattle upon our farms, and the
nunure returned to our lands. na
2. You have to take into con 8,11
isidoration what plant food is in '
the soil and wliar per cent of it ,ro
is available for the crop. It is on<
found that an 8.2 2 or better, an
8.4.4 goods give best paying re ***'
aults. Our nitrogen, which ih very rat
ostly, we should command large]y
from vegetable matter returnJtig
to soil and from the atmos
phere.
3. A 50 bushel corn crop would
remove from the soil: Nitrogen,
00 2 lbs.; phosphoric acid, 32 0
lb*.; potash, 68 lbs.
Y >ur proposition, that we m'y"
should return to our?oil the consti
merits in proportion as they
are removed is correct, hut the trot)
cheapest and most feasible way K"'n
of doing this is where our judg draj
ment must come into play. Some
we should buy as commercial fer f
l is tnia correct t
t If correct, are not the manu- ^
f^c urers ofcomtnercial fertilizers
using a very bad formula in com- j0ta
pounding their 8 2 2 and 8 4 4 K
gO"ds? '
3 If this statement of the ingradients
or chemical constitu- l*,e
enta drawn from the soil be cor- f'ie
r#ct, should not the pro rata of tru
phosphoric acid, nitrogen and ^
potash of the formulas be changed
? ted
The same authority above quot- l'ia
ed asserts that a crop of 50 bush- ln (
els of corn per acre will draw Par
from the soil C7 pounds of nitro- Prc
gen, 80 pounds of potash and 31
pounds of phosphoric acid. Is ^u<
that correct? If so, can 8-4-4 be
the proper formula for a corn ext
fertilizer? To a p'ain farmer ed
hort in chemical lore it would wo
seem that the constituents of a ehl
commercial fertilizer should be *
in proportion to the draught
made hy the crop on the soil, ',a,
Vour rareftil cnnniderntinn and
)epartment
zerp, while others we should
ply by vegetable matter aod
hie manure. Here we would
i into the discussion of the
r pea and the other legumes
tin. We will discuss this more
Iv in the future. This matter
worthy our most careful coneration.
Present Agriculture.
me and Farm.
n all those parts of the world
ere civilization operates confitly
the science and art of
iculture are being given steadincreasing
attention; and
9 is really for the benefit of all
people. The more advanced
country the ampler is this
th.
n the great British pop?ession
ndia this is strikingly illustra.
The general government of
t country has devise 1 and put
operation a plan by which all
*ts of that vast and immensely
iductive land will be given the
1 advantage of this sort of inpuce,
so that the teaching of
i best tillage of the soil will
end all over India, those charg
with the matter doing the
rk both practically and theorcally.
t is very well known that the
'icultnralExperiment Stations
?e contributed a great deal for
i United States. Similar results
y be expected from like sere
in India.
Well is it withiu the mark to
r that now A muripi lamia tKu
rid in thie respect. And the
)8pect is that this foremost
sition is to be maintained.?
>st, if not all, of the States take
pride in what ia thus being
tie.
oatly and useful structures are
ing erected by many of the agultural
colleges to meet the
eda of this admirable work.
irkeys Have Liver Trouble.
\ Mississippi reader says her
keya have liver trouble, and
cs what to do for them. Here
what she feeds them : Corn>ad
made with milk and soda,
iled eggs, onions and clabber j
^ese. Mow it that kind of diet
I! not cause liver trouble, we
>uld like to know of one that
II.
First of all, stop feediug auyng
at all, except possibly a few
uns of corn or wheat at night,
en they come home to roost.
Make them go to the woods or
Ids and gather their food which
ture has provided during the
nmer months.
L'ut a few drops of tincture of
n in their drinking water, and
jp a week give a teaspoonful
powdered sulphur in dampenoornmeal.
Liver trouble is
her a serious proposition, and
is principally a question of
ting before yon can cure
m.? Home and Farm.
Deadly Serpent Kites
iih common in India as urn stom ich
liver diaoidera with us. For tin- Uttei
ever there is u sure remedy: Electric
its; the j/re.it restorative medicine, of
cb S. A. Hrown, of BeniietUivllle, 8. f
i: " They restored my wife to perfect
th, lifter years of snfferiiiK with dyssia
and a chronically torpid liver "
dric Hitters cure chills and fever, inai.
billionsness, lame hack, ki Iney
hies and bladder disorders Hold on
'antee by Funderbnrk i'harmaoy,
ivford Hros., and J. F. Mackey Coasts.
I'rice 60c.
Jubsnribe to The lNewa.
How to Cultivate Corn.
Southern Cultivator.
W.1I you please give me a litt
advice through yonr paper f 1 a
running a dairy oF forty cot
Have only been in the busine
six months; have two acres soi
ed in rye first of last Septembi
5 acres in oats, plauted first
February. My intentions are
follow rye and oats with pei
and sow alfalfa on the same la
next spring, ssy first of Apr
Will put 40 loads stable manu
to the acre.
This land has been sowed
alfalfa, but failed to get a stai
on account of crab grasB a
weeds.
Now, I have ten acres of la
that 1 put 320 loads stable ma
ure on and plowed in with a tw
horse plow about six inches dee
Have run section hariow ov
twice and followed with plai
drag, which leaves ;t in fine f
Have just finished planting wi
Farmer's Friend Planter, whi
drops one grain every 14 , inch<
Rows are just four feet wide.
Would it be better to cut o
every other atalk, or would
make more corn to leave it
inches in drillf
The land is all clay, but h
had stable manure on itbefore.
Now, my plan for cultivati
it as soon as the corn is four
five inches high, I will run arou
with bull tongue plough deep
one mule can pull well. Let sta
eight or ten days and go arou
with ten-inch shovel and pl<
outjmiddles with'sarae plow. L
stand ten or twelve days, and 1
by with Junior Cultivator, t'
furrows to the row.
Will be thankful for any advi
you can give me.
V. A. H
Raising Mules.
We know a couple of lad:
who are trying hard to make
honest living by farming. Ih
are working on a small scale.
The best butter we have se
for a long time is made by the
They do not produce much of
but they sell all the surplus pi
duced very readily and at a go
price.
The like remark is to be ma
about (heir eggs and a few otli
articles.
They have inquiring minds,
is a pleasure to listen to thi
experiences.
The labor of the farm is divi
ed up among them, bo that ea
one han a part. There is no cr
flict, but rather a mutual admii
tion btiftineftft.
The common property inclur
a couple of horses, one being
fine mare. She in now in foal
produce a young mule.
The pUce of mule in the sun
south need not be enlarged upt
Recent wide appreciation f
been given to thin creature
war. Those with long experiei
among mulen declare that "
better beast of burden lives."
The mule appears to ftuit t
colored labor better than t
horse does. lie seems to li
longer and to endure more thi
the home, fie usually is hard
kill and is mostly a paying i
ventment.
A good deai depends on t
sort of start the mule get?. J
experienced farmer who so b
lieves says: "Well trained
the earlier daya of their care<
they are good-tempered, qui
and reasonably obedient.
''To raise a mule requires lc
outlay of care and cash than
ft - "The Old Reliable." ===== H
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D- TIME. TABLE.
rOID
SOUTHBOUND. NORTHBOUND.
No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.
er 57 61 63 9 7 Edgemont 8 10 62 60 50
ilk 12 00 Mortimer 11 05
1 00 Collettsville 11 05
6 00 2 40 3 05 5 15 Lenoir 9 05 2 12 9 00 2 30 4
th 6 20 3 45 3 33 6 29 Hudson 8 49 1 54 7 45 1 45
.l 7 10 4 05 3 33 5 23 Granite Falls 8 39 1 32 7 00 I 00
8 30 6 40 3 57 6 00 Hickorj 7 53 12 57 6 00 3 00 11 50
88 5 40 3 23 6 25 Newton 7 28 12 28 1 00
9 00 4 58 6 58 Lincolnton 6 55 11 40 10 45
1 30 6 00 8 30 Gastonia 5 50 10 38 7 50
lit 3 05 6 50 9 10 Yorkville 5 10 9 48 5 57
|| 5 10 7 40 9 50 Chester 3 30 8 50 4 30 ....
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Lincolnton?Seaboard Air Line.
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i(1 Executor's Sale. Equipped with modern maFor
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)n day the 2nd ?iay of Ji.iy 1906, at i.an- position to furnish anything in
ra caster, s <:at 12 o'clock m Tract of j)Ure Vermont Marble or Granite
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lea the e?tate lands of Juliusmills, hound- slab to the most elegant design.
B ed north and west on Catawba and Writ? fnr patalnmiA and infr?r
a wateree rivers, as per piat ?.f w r vv rite ior catalogue ana miorto
Duren I). S; being tract conveyed by mation.
Williams, Clerk of Court, to Annie R. ? j. . _
Robinson by deed dated the 2nd day XOr.kVl.llC C^#
ny of December, 1HS9. and recorded in ^
r>n W?ok G, pages 8 and 4. ???????????
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successive annual instalments from I >1 y LI V. 1.1 V rl V? ?^s
n date of sale, secured by bond of the *** T J " J ?
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La 1900. A M. Lee, J
he E.t. Annie R^binTon. Though doing a rattling; good
ve ft-a8-iw. deceased, livery business, we are deter
mined to do even better. Our
2 raisin? a horse foal of like ??e. present stocks of Vehicles and
r . i *u i n l Horses are being supplemented
n. When rained, the mule will bring ,)y handsome new caVriagesand
h better price than can be got for hygrjrjpj; <itk1 stylish
ho i the average horse foal of the same
age. Then the mule in tougher, Driving and Saddle Horses.
ie win uve longer ana ao more Our livery establishment is
jn work than the beBt horse."? going to be second to none in n
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