The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, March 27, 1917, Image 2
Better Fannin
; HOW CROP Y1EL1
The Weakest Element of Plant f
the Weakest Link Fixes the
t By Fertilization Can the
Plants must feed
fX J|l| th??se that come
I - m "shori ut Cn>1? re" ^
1 v x '':: have t1 be sup-i
^ ? piled by man it the
H ip/ >' ll greatest yields
. y*? *** >? >?-m are t? tje obiainJ.
C. PRIDMORE fd" Thes?Lfre ^l*
Acronor st trogen. Phosphoric
acid and pot- !
Uh. Every soil may be said to have a
limiting factor of production. This '
may be a shortage of some plant food t
element. If so, thia should be supplied
through fertilization if the largest
possible vields are to be obtained. \
No matter how much of other plant i
food a soil may contain. If there is a
shortage of nitrogen, for example, then
nitrogen wilt fix the limits of productlon.
Likewise with phosphoric acid or
other elements.
(Plants differ from animals In taking
food, in that plants will take food.- j
only when the elements composing
them are in soluble form, that is, when
they are dissolved in water. When
one element is deficient, the plant
ceases growing.
To Illustrate In another way, observe
the picture.
nor? is a vessel made or stares.
Each stave may represent a food element
or other factor of crop production.
Some of the staves are shorter
than others. Does not the shortest
tave then determine how much water
the vessel can hold, and does not the
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DS ARE LIMITED
rood Fixes the Crop Yield, Just as
Strength of the Chain?Only
Weakness Be Removed.
j shortest plant food element represented
here l>y a stave, limit the possibls
production of a crop?
If, for instance, there is only enough
nitrogen in the soil to produce 20
bushels of corn or 175 pounds of cottou
per acre, while there is enough
plain food elements of other kinds to
produce enormously more, how then
can greater yields be obtained than the
nitrogen will permit?
The problem cf plant feeding is,
therefore, no simple one It has engaged
long and most careful investigations
of scientists, who have delved
deep into the mysteries of how plants
feed and what they feed upon. On the
basis of the most exact knowledge thus
obtained, modern fertilizers have been
niunnfai*' l?ro,l ,1rtno I
"Uniting factors," modern fertilizers
are designed to remove, and to call
into fullest action the natural resources
of the soil.
Since there is a limiting factor In
all soils, it is worth while for each
farmer to undertake to remove that
limitation. Intelligent use of fertilizers
will accomplish it, if food elements
be this limiting fact r. In no other
way can it be done than by the help
of man. He must bring to the plant
the food it needs and cannot And when
this is the f.u'or limiting producton. j
The plant, of course, must be given
the best of surroundings. It must not j
only have plenty of plant food, but
the soil must be properly drained of
excess water. It mu<t be well supplied
with lime, and organic matter; its
moisture must be conserved, and
weeds killed through propar cultural
methods. These thiugs man can pro- j
vide. Therefore, if man is not tha
"limiting factor" and he looks after j
the plant food requirements, the great- !
est possible yields will occur.
PASTURE VELVET BEANS.
Inquiry?"What is the most profitable
use of the Velvet Bean?"
Plant the velvet bean in the cor*
and get a double crop. They do well
together. Plant an early variety and
fertilize for a good growth.
The most economical use of velvet
beans is to let cattle feed on them
in the held and thea to turn under
the vegetable matter remaining. If
there are not sufficient cattle on tha
place, get them and feed them. Why
go to the expense of gathering beana,
grinding and shipping the meal off te
some one else tb feed and get the
benefits??J. N. HARPER.
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RICH WOMAN REALLY WANTED
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Offer Touched Victim of Accident
More Than All the Condolence*
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and Offer* of Assistance She,
in * Measure, Expected.
It was Sunday morning. Pa Jen- ?
klrs. wearing a kitchen apron, shirtsleeve*
rolled up and his arms covered
to the elbow with flour, stood at ?
the kitchen table trying to make
bread. Ma sat nearby and directed
the operation.
"To think I had to go and slip and
break that arm on a Saturday." bemoaned
ma. gazing disapprovingly at
her bandaged right arm. "and leave us
without any fresh baking for Sunday."
"WpII VOlir littlo oM William lo on
the Job." cheerfully quoth p.v 'S'long's
I've got any muscle we'll have bread."
He kneaded with added energy.
"You must not work It as hard as
that." declared ma. "Now cut It into
pieces and make loaves and then it'll
have to rise again. No?not like that.
That won't make a nice-shaped loaf."
"What's shape if it's good to eat?"
Inquired pa "You Just stop worrying,
ma. Ersrjt hire's going to be all right. .
and you'd better lie down a while
Soon's I get this dough stuff off my
hands I'll make the beds."
"I do hope nobodv'll come in today,"
fussed rr.a. thinking of the undusted
house and hor inability to provide refreshments.
Fa meant well and was
more than willing to "do his durnedest,"
but of course he couldn't do
hines right. . ?
And company came! Word had
gone abroad that Ma Jenkins had suffered
an accident, so everybody called .
all the neighbors and club women
and members of the Ladles' Aid. and
the minister's wife and mother-inlaw.
Some brought flowers and others
brought such substantials as healthy
looking veal loaf, two beautiful loaves
of homemade whole wheat bread, a '
couple of pans of home-baked rolls, a
huge loaf of white bread, a plateful of
luscious looking currant Jelly tarts,
glasses of Jelly and Jars of fruit and
cookies galore. Besides the flowers
and the "eats" all brought condolences
and thrilling tales of accidents
that had happened in other families,
rolo o/fl n? I V? mhoI* ?- 1 ? *?* J - A - * *
.nun luuiu j?ainiui neiail
Finally the callers had all departed *
except one middle-aged, plainly ^
gowned woman whose limousine was
waiting for her. She was a member 4
of ma's church?a wealthy woman, A
who seldom had anything to say and
who, rumor said, had Btarted life In 4
very poor circumstances. ^
She had brought neither flowers nor 4
cake, and while others talked stie sat 4
silent, looking her sympathy for ma. ?
When they were alone?pa had gone
down cellar to attend to the furnace? .
she began to speak, hesitatingly, as W %
it was difficult to And words to ex- g
press her feelngs. ;
"I didn't know there'd be so many (
callers, right away." sarid the rich 4
woman. "And I didn't think of bring- ^
Ing anything?like the rest did. I'm 4
rather slow thinking about things that g
way. Hut I did think that I might ^
come In and 'fix up' your house. I'm I
good a* that." 4
"Now that's kind of you," answered ^
ma. "but pa's awful handy around the f
house." i
"But a man Isn't like a woman to do *
thlnga," answered the caller, "and I "
know how a woman feels about her ?
house. Now there s the Kitchen floor. '
Couldn't I scrub that for you. Let me |
he of some use."
"I was simply durofounded." said ma .
to pa. afterward. "Ilut she really (
meant it. And she's going to send one A
of her maids over tomorrow to stay as
long as we need her. Now who'd think |
a woman as rich as that would want |
to scrub my kitchen floor for me?" ji
"Even money can't keep a good M
heart down," sententiously stated pa. f
"Say. that was a dinged good batch 4
of bread I turned out. all-right-all right, ~
now wasn't It?"?Philadelphia Bulla- *
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Measuring Human Energy.
The servant of the future will be ^
recompensed not for the time con- g
sumed in performing a household task. "
but according to the human energy |
required. If the studies now under way g
at the home economics division of the
department of agriculture are sue- ^
cessful. These studies are made by g
means of a calorimeter, which is a '
double-walled chamber, in which the (
subject for study is securely sealed up. g
Every exertion made by the person *
Inside of the calorimeter Increases the (
bodily heat which is registered in cal- g
or e units. Even the process of breath- I*
ing consumes from 15,000 to 20,000 ^
caloric Hah* in a <Jay. A woman do- 4
lnr some Uefrt weu-k such %s difdiwaab- .
tnr may readier ?neo Hg<wls<- work
aia/ Increase tho ?< ^MtnapMon of en- 4
?r*y to 60.000 or 70,006, according to w
the Individual. In this way the actual ^
amount of "work" reoulred for any g
task can be accurately measured. "
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College Gets Precious Memento. M
Allegheny college, at Meadville. Pa., J
has received from Doctor Hasklns of f
, Boston the die which was used in the 4
original seal ef the college nearly 100 ^
years ago. Doctor Hasklns discovered w
. the die among the records of his fa- ^
ther. who was a professor in the col g
(lege from 18T4 to 1886. This die was f
probably made in Boston in 1822 or ^
11823. It was in constant use until tho g
early sixties, when it disappeared "
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