New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-22
FARMING IN NEw-JERsEY-LECTURE BY PROF.
COOK.

At an initial meeting of the Sussex County
Farmers Club Prof Cook State Geologist, spoke upon
ranures The most successful farmers are those who
use the most manure Money expended for fertilizers 10
invested In bank winch always pays good interest
There are many farmers who spend onequarer OF their
income for manure and find that Is profitable 10 90 so
Stable manure is sure fertilizer, and applicable TO ali
soils but Is not enough OF It, one farmer ~ Shleh
Comfy sold $3.50 worth IN one year. In Middlesex
County lives farmer worth 10000. who IA years ago,
was poor He bought land on credit ana pald lOf ~ Y
early realizing the value OF manure. lie has spent TINS
season for and finds that the invest
IN All parts the State. Those who apply manure with
out stint will always prosper But IN o1ylng hanIes
LET the farmer be cautious for enormous frauds are per
petrated perphosphates IL extremely dheultt9
detect the spurious article IL LOOKS IKE the GENUINE
Is mixed with substance whlch gives u the shI sc
The only protection one has Is To Buy IRON large manu-
facurers who have established repntat4h d lot n3nesy
Bones contain % per cent OF ph0sphorlc acu WorI ar
fertilizer cents pound Every hundred pounds OF
fore saved. Crack them up fine, ana bury mem ~
piles Of ashes, and after while they WIZ pecohe partay
at Bruins wick good part OF which paid for trans
pOrtatiOn. An experiment has been naue' near new
brunswick bearing this point One acre OF meadow
manured with four tuns OF arI-9hs ca1ea 70 ~
pounds rawbone super phosphate ana one WITHOUT tho
are Welded 800 pounds hay the second 800 pounds and
the third $500 pounds This and other tests prove beyond
all question the cheapest Of ali modes for applying
the superphOsphaes is by OF mari No fertzing
substance stimulates clover like mari And no growth
eoTer when cut and carried away-an6 this too
although the roots Of the clover are as heavy as the tops
are produced to the, acre mix them, let
the product and fertilizer comminRle, and you
have a soil that will produce any crop you wish
No manure valuable unless In 3 state OF decay. Mr.
IiyugstOn near Brunswick, has by properly pre-
pared muck brought 20 piece Of wornout land, that
would not produce mullen stalk raised ~ bushels Of
corn per acre. Fish manure Is produced from moss
bunkers and other Ash which abound coast and
are easily taken Not being Of value for food they
caught by thousands Of tuns the oil expressed from them
and the refuse matter amounting to 20 per cent Is used
for manure which sells for $40 or so per tun This fert
zer k much cheaper than gunno, and Is said to be
lv canal 10 that superior fertilizer in excellence. In dis
cusson which followed the Professors address. Mr. H.
Wood said that portion OF his farm had been lined
nrofuselv that would not produce crop Afterward
be corrected the evil by using straw as top dressing
Mr. McCarer not positive that lime was OF service In
mis- country where fields SO closely cropped He
had little faith in lime except In cases where some green
cron goes into the ground with H. then its effects
good Mr. Smith used 80 bushels OF lime per acre on corn
with good effect though he valued IL more highly
r wheat DR. f. Smith remarked that the chief point is
bether magnetism lime Is useful IL Is admitted that 1t
hns wheat but IL Is best 70 reject that kind OF lime al
together In TO question Proi Cook SAID that
lime is IA useful limestone soil on slate especially
onick lime The small quantity OF 20 or 80 bushels OF
lime 10 the acre, whether magnetism OF Obefwlse, VIII
] BnFDerceDtiDlY burt the FOIL