The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-05
INrERE,rlNa NO HARmRas.
The yains OF Aiannfe-.rhrlEty Farm,
ers are tiiose VINO Expend Money
Liberaily for Nlntinre. pr s'l'

The yaite Of Alannfe...ThFlEty Farm,
ers ARE tiiose vino Expend Money
LIberatly for Manure.
AT a recent meeting Of the Sussex
county tNew Jersey FarmerS Club,
Prof Cook, State Geologlst, discussed
the subject Of manures. He said:
The most successful farmers are those
who use the most manure. Money ex.
pended for fertilizers is invested in a
bank which always pays good interest.
There are many farmers who spend
one quarter ot their income for ma.
nurei and hnd that II is profitable to do
so. Stable manure isja sure fertilizer,
ank applicable 70 oil soils, but there ID
not enough OIL One farmer In Salem
county sold =, ,0O0 worth In one year. In
Mlddlese1 county lives a1mGn worth
$4,000, who fourteen years ago, was
poor. He bought land on credit, and
paid for j. by early Realizing the
value Of manure. He has spent
this season over $1,000 for manure,
and finds that the investment has
paid him well. Similar instances
can be found In all parts OF the State.
Those who apply manure With
out stint will always prosper. But in
buying mannres let the farmer be eau.
tious, lOr enormous frauds are perpe-
trated in supe-phosphatea. It Ia ex-
tremely difficult 10 detect the spurious
article, II looks like the genuine, and
IL mixed with substance which gives
IL the right smell. The only protection
one has IL TO buy from large manulac-
turers who have established reputa.
tiOn for honesty. Bones contain Is per
cent. OF ph0sphorlc acid, worth, as u fer.
tilizer, 80 cents per pound. Every hum
dred pounds of bones are worth 10 the
farmer ~, 80. They should, therefore,
be saved. Crack them up fine, and
bury them in piles OF ashes, and alter
while they will they will become par
TALLY ptlverlZed, and lit for use. Mari
Is worth $3.50 per tun at New Bruins.
wick, good part of which Is paid for
transportation. An experiment has
been made near New Brunswick, bear
ing on this point: One acre OF meadow
was manured with four tuns of mari
one treated to 400 pounds Taw-bone
super phosphate, and one without the
application OF any fertilizing agent
whatever. The hrst acre yielded {, 500
pounds OF hay, the second $500 pounds
6nd the third $500 pounds. This and
other tests prove beyond all question
that the cheapest OF ail modes Of apply
ing the super.phosphate is by means
OF mari. No iertilizing substance stim-
ulates clover like marl. And no growth
takes more of the super.phosphate from
the ground than clover when cut and
carried away-and this, too, although
the roots Of the clover are too heavy at
the tops. With iour tons of mari two
tuns oi clover are produced TO the acre;
mix them, let the product and the fer,
tilizer comningle, and you have soil
that will produce any crop you wish.
No manure is valuable unless In state
OF decay. Mr.. Livingston, Of New
Brunswick, has by properly prepared
muck brought to piece OF warn out
land, that would not produce mullen
stalk, raised 70 bushels of corn per
ncre. Fish manure Is produced from
moss bunkers, aud other fish which
abound 0n our coast; and are easily
taken. Not being OF value for food,
they are caught by the thousands OF
tuns, the oil expressed from them, and
the refuse matter, amounting 10 20 per
cent, Is used for manure, which sells
for $40 or $50 per tun. This fertilizer
Is much cheaper than RuRno, and is
said to be nearly equal TO that su..
perlor fertilizer In excellence. In
discussion which followed the Profes.
sor's address, Mr.. j. II. Wood said that
u portion of his farm had been lined SO
profusely that 1t would not produce a
crop. Afterward he corrected the evil
by using straw as top dressing. Mr..
McCarter was not positive that lime
WAS OF service in this country, where
our fields are 80 closely cropped. He
had little faith In lime,i except In cases
where some green crop goes into the
ground with 1t, then the effects are
good. MIR. Smith used 80 bushels of
lime per acre on corn ground, with
good effect, though he valued II more
highly for wheat. DR.. +. Smith re-
marked that the chief point Is whether
magnesian lime Is useful. l. Is admit
ted that II helps wheat; but II is best to
reject that kind OF lime altogether. In
answer 10 question, Prof. Cook said
that lime Is as useful on lime8tone soil
as on slate, especially quick lime. The
small quantity o: 20 or 80 bushels OF
lime to the acre, whether magnetism or
otherwise, will not perceptibly hurt the
soil.