The press and standard. [volume] (Walterboro, S.C.) 1890-current, April 29, 1914, Image 2
PAGE TWO
. THE PRESS AND STANDARD, WALTERB0!;.0, S. C.
^FHE KIND'OF FERTILIZERS WHICft
OUR FARMERS SHOULD PURCHASE
Figures and Intereatincf'acts About Commercial
'Plant Food. An Article That Every Man' -
r . : That Plants Should Read.
—' Any noil that in to produee prof-
itafele crops mu*t. <ontalQ T, three
chemical aubntanc^'i. potash, phos
phoric arid and nitropeu. They are
necenaary to the life and K.rowth. v of
plants
intfdtlt
rtitroKt^h. phosphoric acjd
inti Any t*o ufxr*«‘i<-m* makes au
ini'otupleto feriijiz«*r. vtijeli under
certain conditions may he tHtter for
t certain uw* than a ‘ complete.'’ For
xariiple. if land.is rich in nitrag* n
from th? gro vth of peas, cioref or
alfali::, it may require oily. the. F<1-
litloji of phosphor'* a> II and pol
ed. the proper peneniage-or
cid and' pot-
bnt
CSnaln soils nave theiqjn plenty,*
it in a form that cannrffno assiin-
ilated by Ujo plant. Other soils kick
one or-tnorp. Solve have had them
in generous quantities and in avail
able fof.R>. but have b?*en impoverish'.
ed hr unvflse cropping: Animal und
vegetable manures contain them.
CoiBinercial fertilizers have them in
large quantities and in a supposedly
concentrated and readily available
form. 4
Many farmer* believe romiuerrinl
fertilizer* are only temporary stim
ulant* to the soil and actually harm
tne land on a hieh they are- used.
They do not stimulate the soil in
ahy way whatever and they injur-
the land only indirectly and because
of tholr misuse*. Naturally vegetable
and animal fertilizers perform exact
ly the same offices commercial forms
do. but contain leq* plant food. The
fertilisers produced on'the farm,
hbwever. have one great advantage
.Over commercial form*. Stable ma
nure carries with It a large aniount
S f organic matter that increases the
lumuu content of the soil. Commer
rial fertiliser* only furnish available'
plant food. If the commpccial forms
are persistently used without the ad
dition of humus making material,
the soil eventually will become sour,
run together, dry out quickly and
bake hard. That Is what'has hap-
■cned to many of the cotton and po-
fat
fato lands of the South
Fertiliser That 1* Harmful.
The so-called injury to land hv
the 4ise of commercial fertilizers is
cauaed by the farmer who applies a
little fertiliser, wlthbut any humus
making material, dlretly to the roots
of a growing crop. Such. food la
quickly consumed and the land, al
ready depleted by unwise cropping,
loaes still more of what little nat
ural plant food it may have left.
The consequence la. every year the
land, after the use of commercial fer-
tillser alone, la likely to be a little
poorer in fertility and physlal con
dition than it was the year before.
Growing plants take enormous
quantities of potash, nitrogen and
phosphoric add from tne soil. Two
hundred bushels of potatoes, for ex-
umple. maturing on an acre of land,
will take away from the ground In
which they grew seveaty-flve pounds
of potash, forty-six pounds of nitro
gen. twenty-one pounds of phospho
ric acid
the land will suffer and
exhausted v The sensible,
cal and scientific way to
restoration of food taken
means of green manuri
Anally
eraifbmt-
ejm*t the
Is by
with legu
minous crops, such a* clover, cow-
peas or alfalfa, which are particular
ly useful In supplying nitrogen, and
the generous use of o manure from
farm anltpAla. Commercial fertilis
ers are-expensive, and their one of-
Are is to feed the plant.
- .V “Don't** In Liming.
Lime or plaster is the only sub
stance commonlv applied by the far
mer that actually ''stimulates" soli,
through sa'eetenlng it and promot
ing the nitrification of organic mat
ter. And lime never should We mix
ed direcjly with farm manures or
with phosphoric. acid, as in tbe^one
case It releases before It reaches the
soil valuable fertilizing qualities of
the manure, and in the manure, and
In the other converts the phosphoric
acid Into a less available form. The
same applies to wood ashes, which
contain a large per cent of lime.
The nitrogen, phosphoric acid and
potash in commercial fertilizers come
from various sources and it will be
money in the farmers' pockets to
learn something of them. Nitrogen
i.iay be in the form of nitrate of so-
d:t,- sulphate of ammonia. 4 tankage
• otton seed meal. etc.
Phosphoric acid may be .In the
phosphate of lime found in rocks and
bonofc; potash In the potash salts and
the ashes In the form of potash. In
commercial fertilizers there are blen
ed In certain proportions, reckoned
to be tlm West sn'ted for certain crops
The Useless Filler You Buy.
Lut do not make the mistake ol
bm-owing that comn etcial fertilizers
are composed of .these chemicals in
a pure state. For example, a ton of
fertilizer designated for use witji po
tatoes wLI cenisin about 10 per rent
of potash, t per cent phosphoric acid
and 3 per cent nitrogen- -of two hun-
WONJUbtOU
not sir up
1 be that the -child on the farm be.
] given at regular intervals, a certain
amount of time in which he may en
gage in any pastime thaC is genrally
Approved* He may fish, read/ visit
approved places, or. just do nothing,
as the child pleases .for a given time
^•i«i he will have this time and 'may
plan in advance for Jt§ enjoyment,
snowing that he will have it for his
own use, barring unforeseen contin-
f.encic*, ancT then let this time be
traded (if it does not suit ,be*t to
Irontoo* Ohk>. — “ I am enjoying bet-j Kive. it them tor other time or as
ter health now than 1 have for twelve , ' ,ne would trade for anything else.
When I bu» i mailer of the child’s Ijme
Now Does H«r Own Work.
Lydia E. Pinlcham’t Vegeta
ble Compound Helped Her.
APRIL 29.1914
An Aching Itack and
Bearing Down Pains
^ferine anmsnh"^ kne*s what It means to strugfls sgsinst the paralyzing
uJ of mess symptoms. Thera Is household work that must bo done and
on l_ m •eak niirmra disco sra^ed woman to do It. It is slffipsts hooeless
crosoect. No wonder these pooe women And life a dreary burden. There is he p
at hand, however, lor thooe who will use It
DR. SINNONS
Squaw Vine "Wine
•tab.’
Manufacturers, ron *
''4i the containing sa
gc» in their f«»r;Itfzrr
Thc figures giving the
times indicaf**
•k«' th*- niti*>-
( ds amtnont i.
ammonia con
tent. lo »k larger, ar r.;ui:io.'
•brid of nitrogen and is only
nitrogen, the Fuhstance th«
after.
A sack -branded *‘-3 j*cr cent atn-
momia” really moans that the* fer
tilizer contains 2 47 per cent nitro
gen The actual nitrogen in a given
ammonia content may be determin
ed hv multiplying the ammonia fig
ure by <*.*235.
In mixing commercial fertilizer**
if home, it is better tq procure the
potash used* in a sulphate form, as it
ts superior to muriate of pofa*b' for
the purpose. Of the ready mixed
commercial preparations, here are
some standard tables of proportions
for various crops, and the amount re
commended by the dealers for use
j»er acre: . v X /
Potatoes.
Potash . . .. . .. .. 10 per cent
Phosphorc acid <5 per cent
Nitrogen .. 3 per cent
Thd mixture, with Ailed, to be used
is 1.300 pounds to the acre. If the
potatoes run to foliage rather than
tubers, there is a lack of potash. Less
fertilizer is required on heavy soils,
as the* ground- holds it longer where
the plants raaC reach it.
Grain Crop*.
Potash . 6 per cent
Phosphoric acid 8 per cent
Nitrogen 2 per cent
. 800 pounds, with Ailed, to the
acre.
Grain Crops, (•enernlly.
HPotash 0 per eei
Phosphoric acid . . . d
Nitrogen .. ... , . .A
l,ooo pounds to acre.
Frails.
Potash
Phosphoric acid. // . . 7
Nitrogen ... yyy- • •
: 800 pounds Jo an acre.
yeaiSi
pan totokcLyuk: L.
Pinkham’s Vt>gt*ta-
bio Cdnipocrul I
coulJ not sft up. I
bud female troubles
■end was yry ner
vous. I u^e-i tfct)
aililiinti
i can <lrt my 'vor*-
and f« r t!u Wst eight
m o u t ha I h n v £
wqrkod lor other
Ks a Woman’s Medicine^
v-jnf 'Miie * h*ld during th** play-tira"* 1
belonging to. him, I-t a trad* b<-
oadc in wbichuthe child has a fair
* hai > •* to tri*.<3o as lie pleases about
tb** * h ‘d v- anlu liency, arree'
women, too. I cannot praise Lydia £.
farnier'b- j Pinkham’s VegctaWOCompoundenoaj^t
for 1 know 1 never would have been as
well if 1 hud not taken it and I.reeom-
mend it to sOlTcTing women.’* 'r
Dnii|f1it4*r Helped Also.
“I gave it to my daughter when she
waa thirteen years old., She was in.
school und was a nervous wreck, and i
could not sleep nights. Now she looks
so healthy- that even the doctor speaks
of it. You can publish this letter if you
like.”—Mrs. Rena Bowman, Itil S. 10th
Street, Ironton, Ohio. ♦ •
Why will women continue to suffer
day in and day out and drag out a sickly,
half-hearted .existence, missing three-
-fourths ot the joy of living, when they
can find healtl in Lydia EL Pinkham’s
Vegetable Confound? ^
per ce'ht
pe^ cent
per cent
per cent
;per cent
Where tho^soll is inclined to be
Mumer*
heavy, commercial fertilizers usual!v
are-pla«-ed in the hills at planting
time, ''in sandy soils it may be ap
plied to the surface of the ground
t**r planting. Fertilizing attach.-;
UI K 1
. I*
rfci ii h wants uli
;;*-*r f i>r -
glv '
ft
t.> him with
tii.iC “> i
I'.'OI 1
thrown in. ’J* f;iir
Wi ; U H;'
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: ti.f* <15'hi is to !>••*
fair v. i'l;
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*<-r ot' his ‘itoe.
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'ftj-r things i: . s c «]
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f ■ i itiir; • ! t m; !! f. ;<
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him
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r* i;.,I.ir infervals or !;*■ -<iirM'!<!
h T
oi portuliity to *arr
a MiKti!
h*nu
II
' .regular intervals
and h •
should
he*allowed to spend
it as h;*
ple;t
-IJ*
i, haarring dfrtg
chew Ing
Zsll Ly Crx~gLis ur.J Dealers. Fncc Cl.00 Per Battle.^
€. F. SIGMONS rfEDfCINC CC., ST. LO'JIS, MISSOURI
i.*cm s \f,r. i;v v.'ALTimitoiio iki <; ( impanv.
gum. cigarettes an*l such habit-1
fofmoing and ttseb-ss arti< ! -s. M. j
.1. John, iu Tie* Progre;.-ive 1'arnior. |
If you hay-s the alighteat dtMibt gist
.Strengthens Weak and Tired Women
• ! was under a great stniin nurs
ing a relative through thre/> nonths*
sickne.-s,” ivrites Mrs. J. C. Van De
Sande. of Kirkland 111., and "Elec
tric Bitter/ kept me from breaking
down. I will never be without it. *1
Do you feel tired and worn out? No
appetite -and food won’t digest? It
Hn't the shfing weather. You heed
Electric Jtmers. Start a month’s 1
treatmpfit today: nothing better for
storp«c|)', liver and kidneys. The
gr^t spring tonic. Relief or money
back. 50c. and $1.00, at your Drug
yon ha
that Lydia E. Plnkham’aV
hie Compound will help
to Lydia ELPinkham Ml
▼Ice.
read and
and held ia
( OTICNSEED MEAL AND HULLS.
K»i; lltmSKS AND MULES
lie
Cottonseed meal as a food for all kinds of < t’'
Sheep and Goats, Is already to veil known as to need no c<'W
ment. But it is not so well known that COTTONSEED MEAL i
equally valuable as a* FEED FOR HORSES AND Ml LEf.- Th-
eminent Dr"Tail Butler, formerly of the South Carolina Exp**ri-
ment Station, a recognized authority on animal .feeding, says, in
speaking of a proper ration for work-horses and mules:
* I would rather have two pounds of Cottonseed Meal tha*'
four pounds of corn. I would rather have tw'o pouhds of Co'In.
seed mea| than four pounds of oats. Corn ia a good horse -feed,
but we are.wasting two million dollars per year in South .Caro
lina in feeding an all-corn ration.”
Let us send you free booklet, full of valuable* information t'
every FEEDER OF FARM STOCK. Address,
WALTERBORO OIL MILL, Walterboro, S. C.
-H-
r'fNG WIFE AND
A FAIR DEAL?
That must be returned, or ment* may be had on practically all
planter*.
TtiNt Valuable Harayard Manure.
When fDu grow tired of Aguring
the coat of commercial fertilizers.
Mr. Farmer, cheer yourself utf with
a consideration of these Agures.
shbwing the value of barnyard ma
nure produced on your own place.
That manure, both liquid and
$3.30 a ton and for every thousand
nounds live weight produce $26.00
annually.
Calves, for each thousand pounds
live weight, produce $24.4f> in ma
nure annually . the product being,
worth $2.18 a ton.
Cows daily. produce 74.1 pounds
of manure a day for each one thou
sand‘pounds live weight, worth $2.02
i ton. or $20.27 a year.
Pigs daily produce 83 € pounds for
each one thousand pounds liv*>
weight, worth $2.21 a ton. or $9.2
t yoar.
That manure, borth liquid and
solid and mixed with straw, leaves
••od other bedding, not only supplies
♦he soil with plant food, but im
proves the physical condition of the
soil itself. And the -'ooner the ma
nure ts spread over the Aelds after
H is produced the more good, if wilt
do. Kansas City Star. * <
I uote that you place the Youth’s
Companion first on your list of pa
pers to be taken by farmers. You
are eminently correct in this. { , I
bold no brief for that paper, but 1
have known Us InAuence in the
home In too many cases to have any
indifferent opinion about it. I taught
school three years after graduation
from our state university, and know
that those homes where that .paper
was takep showed different training
and general information in the
school room from others. One
would be inclined to gay that there
was an initial difference In the
homes, and I would not deny M; but
n another community which I have
known since then the teacher adopt
ed the Youth’s Companion as a read
er for the chlldren^iargely In order
•o get the paper taken by the chil
dren. and the change in the commu
nity during the next few years wgs
marked.
Keep up your agitation for jus
tice for the farm housewife. Dig
vs deep ss voo.csn and not drlyd
* farmer from you. Keep at' it.
until you wli. T$ere is otvmany a
farm every convenience for the bus
iness of farming, but Httle or none
for the business of home-making.
The barn door btnge Is Axed today,
•the kitchen door hinge "must be Ax
ed sometime when we get lime for
such thCngs.” / .
Oir'phnse that I would urge ^buld
Planet Jr
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TUs U a practical every day time-, labor-,
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This implement is a great worker in cotton, corn,
tobacco, potatoes and amnlar crops. Does your
hoeing, plowing, cultivating, furrowing, dirting,
sera; ine. and laying by. Ha* new all-steel wheel.
Can be fitted with plow and disc atyichment.
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A wonderful implement ia eatensive cul
tivation el cotton, tobacco, corn, potatoes,
etc. Light in draft, simple and strong in
construction and comfortable to ride upon.
Work* rbws 2A to 44 inches, and cultivates
crop* until S ieet high.
Great f<w the grower of garden crops from
drilled seeds. The plow opens furrows for
manure, seed, etc., and caa be reverted for
covering. The cultivating teeth are adapted
rkii
for deep or shallow work and for marking
out. Crop* can be worked both aides at
once until 20 inches high. <
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tired pounds potash, one hundred and
twenty pounds phosph
sixty pounds nitrogen. The remain-
one
jhorif arid, and
•ler of the tc,n Is n "filler.” nothing
more. Consequently, when the far
mer buys a ton o![ the fertilizer, he
gets rlotig with It ,1.620 pounds of
dead tss'ight. added to give bnlk. on
wbfcL he must pay thi frelgnt.
The farmer whojp preparing to
use'emitmt trial feMIlizer o^n save
moue;- b> buying his ehemirals in a
eon cent rated form and mixing them
himself, whieh ran be done in a box
or on u platform with a hoe and.
sand sifter just as well as it is done
in the factory
The ‘fillers” in commercial fertil
izers ;>re of ito value to the-iand, and
mp.*- Pc actually harmful. For con
venience in distributityg the farmer
«an jum as well supplVhis own fill
er of any kfnd of soif^if any soil is
needed, which is not likely, as there
usually isjan abundance of filler nat
urally associated with the materials
used in making fertilizers. Materi
als for home mixing egn be had. of
wholesale dealers in seeds and farm
supplies.
The term "complete fertilizer" sig
nifies that the mixed product Is sup
posed to 8ontain. for whatever ttse it
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»Thawing frost and Aj*ll rains
child you’to the very marrow,' you
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—you are feferish 4'ough ccnfinu-
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Dr. King’s Krw Discovery. It soothes
Inflamed and Irritated throat and
luftgs. stopa cough, your hegd clears
np. fever leaves, and feel line. ,.Mr.
J.*T. Davis, of EUckney Corner. Me..
"Was cured of a dreadful cough after
doctor’s treatment and all other re
medies faile<$. Relief or monev
bark, Pleasant—children like !t
Get a bottle today. 50c and $1.00
at your Druggist.
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Oar Finishing School*.
In the May American Magazine a
public school teacher speaks his
mind about our .public schools. Fol- '
lowing is a part of what he says:
“Nirtety-three out of every hun
dred do not get beyond the elemen
tary schools. From here they leave
the .voter#! of tomorrow, upon whose
judgment will dpend more and mor-»
directly the solution of the natiop’s
problems. And- what are these ele
mentary schools? Merely stepping
stones for the high schools Frank
ly./freely. that and nothing more
\\ hen are we going to cease try
ing to lift ourselves by our boot
straps and recognjze the fact that
the elementary schools are the fin
ishing schools of the nation?
“And when’are wo going to break
away from thiSTranctfo struggle fot
standardisation .and bend our ener
gies toward individualization*
Wham shall we give to each’child
whatever rime fortune may grant*
for schoqliog. the opportunity
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