Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-09-17
proposition-but the comparative frequency of its
success demonstrates it's value.

proposltlon-but the comparative frequency of its
success demonstrates its value.
1t has been abundanty demonstrated, both in this
country and in Europe, during many years and by the
best judges among practical agricuturists that solu
BILE phosphate of lime is exceedingly valuable man
ure and also that it is almost universal in its
application. The following results, from the wheat
harvest of 1867, will illustrate the proper mode of
arriving at rational system of agriculture and show
the actual influence of phosphate of lime in producing
grain, and also The great Importance of It's sogaby.
The fact that the value of phosphate of lime has been
established, would seem to make it unnecessary-as
it would be unnecessary to prove that honey is sweet
but it may be necessary to prove that sugar i'll
other form is cheaper and will preserve better, &C.,
moreover the uniformity and convenience in using
sugar II, that other form, may be established by exper
iment, and supplant the exclusive of honey which
doubt the only kind of sugar used in the early
period of mans history If it can be demonstrated
that 100 or 200 lbs of fertilizer be uni
ormly distributed over than donble the pro-
portion of another, it is cheaper at double the price.
We use much larger proportion of lime per acre in
order that every part should
it can be proven that with the most careful appca
ton now in use, parts of the field receive at the
rate of 1000 bushels per acre, while others do not
receive one.
1t also be demonstrated that more than the rent
is annually wasted on the best managed farms on &C
count OF the relative value OF labor above material
notwithstanding the introduction of labor-saving ma
chimes, &c. Pasturage, fences, &c., may illustrate
department., and the fact that only one-ffth part
of best fertilizers of any practical advantage
the remainder being wasted comparatively in order
to save labor, viz: we apply five pounds Of nsoluble
phosphate of lime in order to reap the benefit from
one pound of soluble phosphate. We take it for
granted that the majority of practical farmers cannot
afford to apply to any cereal bone phosphate of lime
that costs four cents per pound Tor the price in ground
bones at $40 per ton even if this article could be
had in sufficient quantities at that any other price
The following must demonstrate my proposition with
regard to the relative value of phosphates in proper
ton to their soubility as have deternin
ed that the phosphate marked B contains eight per
cent of soluble phosphate of lime, whereas the others
DO not average half as much (athough they may
average nearly much as bone phosphate) are
faithfully made really worth as much in commerce.
although of much less value to the farmer-not only
account of their nsoubility but also the fact that
dry, heavy, granular powder like sand, is required
in order to drill uniformly through the same tube with
wheat, and that marked excelled all Others in this
particular also. It is questionable whether he had
better fertilizers if they interfere in the least with
the regular distribution of the seed wheat s..
Millions of dollars would be saved annually if
farmers would make even an approximate estimate of
the effect of lime and other fertilizers by leaving an
unmanured strip in the centre of each field elsewhere
covered with lime-notng it's subsequent influence on
the crops. It will be found that the continued en-
poyment OF any one manure, however valuable at
first will not pay; if the point at which it ceases
to be the most economical bought manure" on any
field, should be ascertained