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r 4 6 j. ~ ~ ^ ~~ Uses and Abuses of By Prof *t. J. H. Dc Loach, Director of Gtorj 3. ROTHAMSTEr EXPERIMENT STATION The Third of a Series of Six A The Rothamsted Experiment Station is In K the threat work it has done along all lines of e gone into the laws of soil fertility, lius been the these laws, and has lu all its history been especii out a plan of farm management by which soil fer at. minimum cost to the farmers. The Kotliamsted experiments began in the y Bennett Lawes began experiments on his private who loved the soil and to experiment with it i fertili/.or manufacturer in a certain sense, as he < for transforming bone into superphosphate by it took out a patent for this in is 12, and built an he managed for about thirty years. In IS 13 ho h Gilbert, and these two men for more than fifty : airrit-iiltiiml lii?njHi-iiilni.o ...........i ?it. 1 I'lie great object In \ iitu ih'1 nho\e informal i< tiun of farmers and lusinrsx men that the >pte ti< a ano farm crops is a suhJeet as old as any farm if : Hothummed did much fundamental work on it that ariinionia salt* and other mineral tnanuri \vl not valuable. Farmyard manure was somewitn \ iniore so when amnioni.i salts were applied \s?th it HERMAN STEAMSHIP. EOADKI) H-ranza. a ' WITH I'OOI) SENT I'() BOTTOM. (Iftniati fla uondon, March 22.?The sinking loaded with h/ a Russian warship of the steam- tinople. T1 iltip Ksperanza off Kali Akra, in the the Russian Black Sea, off the Rumania coast The dispa is reported in a Reuter dispatch filed ing of a sc< at Bucharest on Sunday. The Es with onrROf NOTIC1 W are pleased to inform you that I >i M. R ?' . will he with us, Wednesday, March 2hth, glasses. Dr 'ampbell is a scientific ttian and liirsnteei- it. li.- visits as twice e\.>i\ year : i ;nl on him tor good work Remember tli<- d 'at eh 2'.?th Price retisonalde, Jdf.pn to $f>."t? Peoples Drug ! IIEATII sl'RI \<?s. s. ( HAN^sH> Bj j *ji i ^ h iki yB ^ m i _ . A businesslike business j business asset. We ( you fine samples here. i_: l .1 rLi\/i UIUCIII1? ClDCWllCIC VJI Y 1 I CALL. 4- 4 6 BOOK WO LAW WO CIRCULA l Job Work of A .... U,.,.I,U. .</|ID ill i?-s<?'U i*? wur IIIIII 1 iii-c of domestic tnimals. fn 1SS9 Sir John tnr which had now grown so important, and had boci parts of thp civilized world, to a board of direct half a million dollars Twenty /cars Experiments on Sa Among many other things that wore done, ex with fertilizers, mineral salts, and many forms ( animal manures, to de'ermino just what soils need* For this work plot ; of ground weie set aside, measured, and then planted to the crop with whir to work. Small plot.- would he used for the differ animal manures, and in each series one plot v thro\*ghout the entire experiments, while the othe different combination; of fertilizers, etc. Careful each en-l of these plot.y and with interesting resell were continued for . .vein;, years and more. Many experiment.; were eonducfed with hay. the foil 'Wing result The plots that had no mar tn twenty years. L'.dV? pounds of ha\ . the plots w alone. :;,59s pound- he plots villi mineral matmi n von in - ills. 3,711 | m 111 (ill i I liny, those with miner of ammonia salt t..72'? pound- of liny 'lie plo v manure and nitrate <:f aula l??7 pounds of liny, cost i). lie fertilize! in rom; arison to t! o vn reuse their u one could n >t fail i?> see tin value of the Larger Yields Were Always Ob Tim Rothamsted station was interested in the 5 land and tho part played in 'iiis by tho use of frrti many experiments carried out. there was never a applying plant food to the soil. Larger yields we things being equal, and the tertilization of the soil tier possessions r*-' oi;inendod. |t was decided ti fertilizers on corn. Seven plots were treated as f< Plot 1. I ninanured. I'lot 2. Mixed mineral manure. ;] "> pounds snip sulphate soda, too pounds sulphate magnesia, 3." lime. Plot 3 Ammonia salts, comprising 2b<) poiuu 200 pounds muriate of ammonia Plot t Ammonia salts and mixed mineral mat Plot 3. Five hundred and forty pounds Peruvi Plot '? Two thousand pounds rape cake Plot 7. Fourteen tons farmyard manure. The results of six years of experiment s folloi In ie!ds was obtained with fertilizers richest in salts, the guano and rap? cake gave the largest i tour or five bushel.- Iner< nsc of dressed corn 'i mineral manures wen used, the increase \ia.- least Was greater, and in t greatest. Ft seems that 1 he the ' . i of the ammonia salts In order t<- help thei was in every ra-'c a substantial increase w lie. e in plots that remained nimnnured. THK LANCASTER NEWS MAR' Fertilizers llTHE LEGACY OF A \ttt |ia Experiment Station. ..(A..... a r?K"T,uzERi WONDERFUL WOMAN aigland, and is noted for iKrlcultural work. It has : Tliis Is n Story of Paramount Interest ?? ?! first to discover many of to Those Who .Are Seeking Health. ally interested in working I j % X tillty could I>e maintained There Will He Several Installments X Ml of ( ripping Personal K\|K'ri- ' V V ear 1837, when Sir John euros / > estate. He was a man ' Jt t strange to say, he was a i J* ?urlv discovered a process 't'hnpter -?Tin- Indian Gives His Seto iise of sulphuric acid. ! crot lt,u} <;?os llmk to f,H* Forpst- * extensive business which ' * ?!> issoeiatod with him I H. A very si< k child in Mrs. Person's j J X rears conducted exlensivo family, long after the Indian had , +<?+<? fertilizers. and feeds and k?ck 'o his haunts, caused the .?ed over his large estate. j B? !'! ro,l of iht? "**?] . .. . . ., ! pies with which to hrew tlie Till-! V>* s> u' "own n a j tors and Wash, so eloquently prnised ?>is. and endowed it with j,v Indian, whose visit of years t. X j before had all but been forgotten. me Plots. They found the herbs and simples ,w?_i. . ? . . . and tlie first of the now famous heal- JLJlL periments were conducted inc aRont was made on thp fam,ly ?* > it aiumonlutes. also with | stove in a groat old fashioned caul-I >d to grow the most crops. |dron. We will close this chapter l>v marked off and carefully simply stating that the child quickly! J f h the investigator wished ' recovered through the medicine thus etit kinds of mineral and j , .... , rould he left unfertilized T{ has benefitted thousands since X X , , _ that enriv dav. ns voti will ^oo bv rs would have applied the ! roadinp thc folIowIng; * reports were taken from J Rob D. Ttnss of Cunningham, j XL Jk ts The same experiments X. C.. was cured of a sore on hisj^f jr j face. Indigestion of forty years standand some of these with | :"? ?nd nasal ratnrrh hy Mrs. -T'^iJLJL inre of any kind averaged !>(>rson a Remedy. hicli hatl mineral manure ^our druggist. If he ran r. and mo pound, of am- ?i?t?upply you. write tia. AA al manuie and mm. pounds This wonderful remedy on sale ti h re-oived tlie mineral :,t Midway Drug ( o.. Ranca dor. and * Considering the very low Stover lMinrmae\. Death Springs. ld3 brought about by South Carolina (adv.) ? * manure salts. I X t-!.rted. >ermanent Improvement of v li/iug materials. From the A HOOD KAMII.Y COKiH SYllUPi 1 I doubt of the wisdom of ran be made by mixing Pine-Tar. iV re always obtained, other Aconite. Sugar. Hyoscyanius, Stissa hrouabout Kngland and fras. Peppermint. Ipecac. Rhubarb. AA > ascertain tlio effects of Mandrake, Capsicum. Muriate Am- ^ j dlows. tnonla. Money and Glycerine. It pleasant, ltealing and soothing. ra's-|AA hate of potash. 200 pounds the phlegm, and gives almost in- J f >u pounds superphosphate i slant relief. For convenience of those who prefer not to fuss, it is'AA ils sulphate ammonia and isupplied ready made in 2 5c bottles1 J J under name of Dr. Dell's Pine-Tar- | V V lures, as Plot 2. Honey. Can h% had at your drugan guano. i gist. Insist on getting Dr. Dell's XX Pine-Tar-Honey and see that the fornulla Is on the package. * v Tim greatest Increase ammonia The ammonia ! J lierease. which was about , ii Plot 2. where only tlio , . while in Pi t> 1 and it T> . F\ j t mine: ! man re needed gJfitt v"Stn ?V available There KUMl I iSal It! Sfi AA I.i/cra "aere used over the C5 _ 0 ! " ,0 bring to tlie alien- O VnOpflQlfv +?& : fertilizer- for the a er- (X kjbtLsCilly AA i.'ttlttiral eduttion. and * w / no case \\;t- it found i? ti applied together wcr?? ? X .11 i.v if ... .1 fo. A.AA.A ,,, '." I, #!?*, loi I V Are Vou In a-ooo ion veasei tiyinc nx- Hurr> For That * g, is said to liave been Pi" II itine of vv food stuffs for Constan- t?A ie crew was captured hv YOUTS. "I" "J* itch also reports the sink H/AT/^H I1C CDCCH I1D * ire of small sailing ships | TT A I LI1 U5 Jlttll IJl Vjf ?s of food. p We Do Printing In the Twinkling of an Eye . Campbell, of Anderson, i testing ryes and fitting T||F tT KIltNF.V MFDKTXF X X ion accural, ?ork an'I itij n i,, n- m.-mmv TT F was afflicted with Bladder trouh md you can always de- in, i suffered such gre.at pain that the doctor had to take mv urine. Af- J at. and tell your frieds. f,.r the doctor had treated me for two weeks T did not get any better. Remembering that a few doses of J ^ Dr. Kilmer's Swamo-ltoot completelv rolieed my mother-in-law. after all ^ a. ^ tl,e doctors who were called on her I t jlOf C case had failed to do her any good I %. %* asked mv husband to get mo <, bottle I- of Swamp-Tloot, which he did, and I JJLJXL look it and threw the doctor's ore- %v '% < ,tions nwav. because immediately after I started taking Pr Kilmer's I t l r. m ?k ^wamp-Root T was crently relieved. \ jL rV Mv husbnnd was so pleased be said I should take one dozen bottles of XX r*t Swamp-Root, I had ? ^A*1*1* BBMB { |' >k"?i seven bottles I was completely 4 restored to health. That was six '1* I k.1 ' 7 vears ago and T have not taken anv ' v medicine since. My weight Is 195 v , nrnindu, have three children, do mv t in i , t 1in-, n t a 'j j own work In a house of twelve rooms t ^ and I kpep boarders. 1 Very truly yours, card is a : mrb anotb bauohman i f |fi.>7 Newell St. Barberton. Ohio. yY 1 r Personally appeared before me this1 ?*+& -an snow 19th day of December 1914. Mrs. An-' X ? r* f i'i'? Haiurhman. who subscribed the i IjClOrC - | above statement and made oath that / 1'be same is true in substance and In , X X. 7 I ic A ! faot- T f ?1 V-/0 /~\ VV. A. Norton, Notary Public, .j,. j Better to JLJL 3K Dr. Kilmer & Co TT T llinghamnton, N V. Kvvvt^vwuvsuM^ Prove What Stva 1111>-Hoot Will I)o For You. t Rf/ Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co. tyjF IC^ Binghnmpton. N. Y., for a sample > l?lze bottle. It will convince anyone . X JL You will also receive a booklet of jT 1^^ valuable information, telling about the kidneys and bladder. When writ* 1 AA RQ ing. be sure and mention The Lan- Yjj caster Seral-Weewly News. Regular 50c and $1.00 size bottle for' sale at all drug stores. J II Kinds P?? Quinine That Does Not Affect The Hew "i4 Because of it* tonic and laxative effect. L.AXA- A ta tl I T1VK BROMO QCININR la betterthan ordinary %?t ? ???? I Out nine and doca not cauae nerronaneaa ' rlnrfnf In head. Remembei the lull name aori V *4 took tor the sigrature of F? W. OROVR. Uc. CH 24, 1916 * + * * * * *? $* * * * * <$ <$> ? + <% A^4 A. a^A A^A A-A A A i ^ "?. * n r m BOO And A THE THIS PA LANCAS1 and is the that does, lates in adjc Lancastei of a Big Tr? the people what- our i to sell. Some Live ready Advi DON'T YC Our Job "On 1 1 Lan N 5P5-.. / ' r v ' 'VrVVV v vvvvvvvv V V WV^ v 1 A L J it II SIER I YT dvertise in NEWS 8 A, ->A V v* ? n XX PER COVERS || ER COUNTY ff ONLY Paper ft XX It also circu- ?X v > /11AX112; VV/UllllV/O. I I r is the center T ide District and XX want to know nerchants have || Wires are Al- jB: >rtising. WHY )U? II $ XX Department is rhe Job" II ii Hie | caster I! p, ews xx / it it H . ??