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THE F.I.F.mn^ IS OVER
It will come aa If a "H*ht
lifted from many a man In thla conn
ty and State that the first primary
election la over. Hualness baa been
practically paralyzed for the pa«'
few weeks, and much eneryy ha<
been spent In aronfzin* over the
election. Thla Is over, or at lea^t
much of It is over. There will be
two more weeks of anxiety o n the
part of wany as to the results of the
second primary election. But th^
will necessarUj' be less than was *h'
6aae In the first primary.
. X Of course there^were more candi
dates to be defeated th*o elected Ip
the first primary ♦■leoti<X». The wav
the me B who were not successful in
this race, take their defeat will be
speak whether or not the voter? ba r -\
made a mistake in retiring them <o
private life. If a man is a food
loser. It 4? a pretty safe bet that h-
^ would have made a good officer. But
If any man who is drfatrd sulk? in
his tejit and refuses to accept th«
verdict of the people in good grace,
then he needs the chastisement whic i
his defeat gives him. In life, it will
be found, there are more defeats
than victories, and while there Is
poor consolation in this fact, there
Is a hit of philosophy.
Now as to the Choice of officers
from those who ate iti the secon l
race, that -is a matter for careful
consideration In most ra«e? in the
county race the men have t*een tried,
and the voter wilt .make no mistake
to Judge his fitness by the manner
In which he has served the people be
fore. If he ha« made the kind of of
ficer the voter wishes to fill the of
fice In the county, then he should be
voted for again. This will app'y
from (governor down to magistrate,
or from magistrate down to er
ror, as one may look at it and fropi
the Interest shown th;rt is the prop
er perspective for the average »otr-.
Majrtbe best men win!
UK. >1 \KUIN KETl UNS
Uses and Abuses of Fertilizers
■y Frpf. It Jl K Op L—b, Dirpctpr.Pf Qpprflp
S. ROTHAMOTKO ^XPCftlMENT tTATION AND FEHTILIXEHB,
Thp Thirf «f a fiariaa pf tlx Artlclpp
The RotbaawUd Expartmeat Station Ip In ftigland. and la noted for
Brent work It hap dona alone all llnea of acrtcultoral work. It htr
gone Into the lava of poll fanility, baa been the flrat to diacover many of
thaaa lawp, and has ta all Ita history been eapeclally Interested In working
cut a piss of farm management by which aoii fertility could be maintained
at mimimmm coat to the farmer*. —^ % •
The Rothamated aparlmaata began ta the year 18|7, when Sir John
Bennett Lawpa hagaa exparlmenU on hip pmvate eatate. He waa a man
who lovad the aoQ and to axperlmaot with It Strange to any, he waa a
fertilizer maaufacsUrar to a certain, aeaae, aa bo early discovered a proceaa
for trftaafarming bone lx to auperphoaphate by the uaa of aulpharlc add.
took oat a patent for thla la 1142, and built aa extenalve buslneaa which
ho managed for about thirty yean, la 1148 he aaaociated with him J. H.
Gilbert, and theee two men for more than fifty year* conducted extensive
agricultural Investigations in regard to polls dbd fertilizers, and feeds and
feeding of domestic animals. la 1888 Sir John turned over his large estate,
which had now grown eo Important, and had become so well known in all,
parts of the civilised world, to a board of directors, and endowed it with
half a anllUoa dollars.
Twenty Years Experiments on Same Plots.
Amovg many other things that were done, experiments were conducted
with fertHJpera. mineral salt*, and many forms of ammoolates, also with
animal manures, to determine just what soils needed to grow the most cfopa.
For this work plots of ground were set aside, marked off and carefully
measured, and then planted to the crop with which the investigator wished
to work. 6mall plots would be used for tlje different kinds of mineral and
animal manures, and in each series one plot would be left unfertilized
throughout the entire experiments, while the others would have applied the
different combinations of fertilizers, etc. Careful reports were taken from
•ach end of theee plots, aad with Interesting results The same experiments
ware continued for twenty years and more.
Many experiments were conducted with hay, and some of these with
the following results: The plats that had no manure of any kind averaged
In twenty years, 2,382 pounds of hay ; the plots which bad mineral manure
alone, 3.SM poenda; the plots with mineral manure and 400 pounds of am
monia salts, 8.711 pounds of hay; those with mineral manure and 800 pounds
of ammonia salts, C.726 pounds of hay; the plots which received the mineral
manure and nitrate of aoda 6,407 pounds of hay. Considering the very low
coat of the fertilizers in comparison to the Increased yields brought about by
tbair use, qp 4 e could npt fail-tp see the.value of. the»manure salUt
Larger Yields Were Always Obtained.
The Hotbamred station mas Interested in the permanent Improvement of
land and the part played In this by the use of fertilizing materials. From the
many experiments carried out. there was never a doubt of the wisdom of
applying plant food to the soli. Larger yields were always obtained, other
things being equal, and the fertilization of the soils throughout England and
her possessions recommended. It was decided to ascertain the efTe« ta of
fertilizers on corn. Seven plots were treated as follow a:
Blot 1. Inmanured.
Plot 2. Mixed mineral manure. 3'h- pounds sulphate of potash. pounds
sulphate soda, 10i> pounds sulphate magnesia, 350 pounds superph sphate
Ume
Plot 3. Ammonia salts, comprising 200 pounds sulphate ammonia and
200 pounds muriate of ammonia
Plot 4. Ammonia salts and mixed mineral manures, as Plot 2.
Plot 5. Five hundred and forty pounds Peruvian guano.
Plot 6. Two thoiftand pounds rape rake.
Plot 7. Fourteen tons farmyard manure.
The results of six years of experiments follow; Th e greatest increase
In yields was obtained with fertilizers richest in ammonia. The ammonia
salts, the guano and rape cake gave the largest increase, which was about
tour or fire bushels increase of dressed corn In Plot 2, where only the
mineral manures Vere used, the increase was least, w hile lit Plots 3 and l it
wax greater, and In 4 greatert. It seems that the mineral manures needed
the effect of the ammonia salts in order to help them become czailable. There
was|n every case a substantial increase where fertilizers were used over th*
plots Miat remained unmanorod.
The <rea* object In giving the above information Is to bring to the atten
tion of farmers and business men that the question of fertilizers for the aver*
ago farm it a subject as old as any farm of agricultural education, and
Kcthamstsd di<1 much fundamental work on it In no case was it found
that z-.inonia -aIv? and other mineral inanotes. when applied together, were
not valuable. Farmyard manure was somewhat valuable by Itself, but far
dors so when ammonia salts were applied with it.
Dr. Timothy Hardin, who has
been enjoying a vacation with hi.<
parents at Winnsboro, has returned
to Waiter boro
Mr. and M is. Percy M. Padgett
and children, and Mr. and Mrs. Lu
cas Black, and children, of Florida,
who have been spending 'several
weeks in this section visiting rela
tives. expect to ret in n to their homes
this week
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Jefferson Pollocks, who ha» been
having dumb chills all along, ha I
one out loud the other night. -
The III'pity Constable has come to
the conclusion to make the nice for
re-election again. He will make the
race on his past record and Ms
horse.
One ty Hj^-pardest windstorms of
the setv-nh passed over this secMou
Tuesday night. Tobe Moseiey'a patch
of broom corn was blown sway an l
mv»;pf everything as it wen*
Isaac Helhvanger was seen a*
(hurch with his hair combed last
Sunday He should be encouraged
In this a» jt saves the pe«pi,. behind
him the trouble-of having to stand
'Up to see the preacher.
A strange man was in our mid‘t
S esterdnv He w«s as deaf as a no«»
but the Postmaster 'did not find It
out until he had talked with him for
an hour, as he di dnot have on hh
•pecs.
J. W. Manuel. F.«o.. a prominent
young attorney of th« Hampton bar,
was among those who had business
th Walter boro Monday.
Uses and Abuses of Fertilizers
By Prof. R. J. H. Dc Loach, Director of Georgia Experiment Station.
2. INTELLIGENT USE OF FERTILIZERS IN GERMANY.
The Second of a Series of Six Articles. »
Ail state institutions have fostered the fertilizer trade since ita origin
In the early fifties. State organizations of all kinds have taken a lively
part iu th® building up of the trade, and in later years the states have taken
it for granted that the trade is profitable to farmers and merchants alike,
and have therefore framed law? to regulate its manufacture and sale. la
every state where fertilizer is sold in appreciable quantities laws have been
passed exacting certain requirements of the manufacturer, as to analyses,
grades, etc. Besides the trade, over-ambitious, might forget its obligation to
the consumer ai*l offer for sale inferior material under the name of fer
tilizers We may say without fear of successful contradiction that the
states .themselves are largely responsible for tho rise and volume of the
fertilizer trade. .
It has long been recognized that Germany leads the world in many
line* of science. This is perhaps true In regard to the use of feltilizers in
early years. Germany discovered that mineral salts applied to growing
crop- Increased the yields immensely, and gave time and study to the under
lying tau.-*.% and has suggested to the other parts of tho world many valu
able lesson- on her findings. Von Liebig, through hia studies and lec
tures on nnniern agriculture, has made known much of the work of Germany
In the^early history of the use of commercial fertilizers. Liebig says that
Kuhlman, a German agricultural scientist, applied aalammoniac to a meadow
In the years 1845 anti 1846. and found tfiat on a hectare (2V» acres) he gath
ered 8,14b ;.<>unda of hay more than on the same kind of meadow where he
did not a»e the aalammoniac. He secured this result by using about 200
pounds of salalomonlac to the acre. < ^x
In commenting upon this Von Liebig has the following to say: “It la
quite certain, that in the action of the guano, which produced the crop next
highest after the Chili saltpeter, an unmistakable part was played by the
ammonia'contained In it. On the other hand, however, the experiments
with carbonate and nitthte of ammonia show that a c quantity of ammonia,
cr nitrogen, equivalent to that in 20 pound* of guano and employed under
the same conditions, was almost without effect.”
Fertilizer Experiments In Germany.
A little further along he says: "Th* most recent observations on the
comportment of the soil towards the food of plants show how slight is the
knowledge we possess of their nitsje of nourishment, and of the part which
the soli, by its physical condition,\piays in It. The comportment of the
•alts of ammonia, of chloride of sodium, and cf nitrate of soda, towards
the earthly phosphates in the soil, may perhaps assist us in throwing
•ome light on their action, or one of their actions, on the growth of ptam*.”
This statement wg> made because it was always found that when common
salt was added to certain m.neral manures, greater yield was obtained,
and Von Lu-btg came to the conclusion that this was due to the telatioa of
this added material to the liberation of potash in the soils. /
Only a short time after the war bet w. on the states the German pot
ash beds wer* discovered and by rapid leaps and bounds this material''gained
in favor with planters as well as experimenters. The necessity for fin*
ing a combination to liberate the potash in the soils was now removed
and thorough satisfaction was found In the u.-e of the nitrate of soda and
the potash salts, and here the industry stood for a long time. Liebig does
claim, however, that Triba-ic phosphate of limb crept 1 ' iBto the formula and
was found efficient Thrs fact is very significant and happened to be dis
covered by a constant study of the use of the nitrate of soda and potash
• alts Liebig thought that the.-e two plant food materials bad the power
of dissolving phosphoric acid in the form of earthly phosphates, and thes*
In turn added greatly to the yield of farm crops.
Germany’s Crop Yields Grestsr Thsn Other Nations.
We have here many hints of what afterwards really developed to be
facts—namely that the three great element* of plant food that should be
applied to th* soil for good crop yields are phosphoric acid, ammonia and
potash For many year* these three element* have been the esaemial
elements of plant food in a fertilizer formula.
Today Germany applies more mineral salt* per acre to her crop* than
any other nation ta the world, and partly a* a consequence gets higher
yield* of farm orope than any other nation it 1* significant that these
two fact* are so closely related, but tt must be remembered that Germany
has learned the lesson of good Ullage—deep plowing, the proper use of
vegetable matter la the eoil, and the dangerous practice of continuous
arop*, ng with gay single crop It is also to be remembered that the lands
*hich the most wtomer emu be cleared without an«
mat vui *iv# greatest preBU with {erUUaera. .
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