Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-03-03


combined with all other elements
Df soil plant food"
The agricultural value of the Persicator Is
fully ten times greater than that Of the ave-
rage Of Wood Ashes, and the value OF con-
centfation Is appreciated by all who consider |
that the freight and barrels are better af-
torded for one ton than for ten, and we Will
guarantee uniformity in it's elements and
PEACHES.
The Peach Growers of Delaware and
are fully aware of the efficiency OF
wood ashes when applied to their orchards.
One of the most successful in Delaware
upon being asked If he knew why he had a
crop when other orchards failed entirely,
replied "If anything applied to my trees
gave me peaches 1t was ashes believe 1t
would pay me TO gave so cents bushel
rather than go without them"
The Persicator yields not only the ele-
ments of ashes but those peculiar to the
peach-tree and fruit.
II was first applied to young trees, when
the orchard was titled In corn, and to the
latter In the hill at the same time The
orchard has been marked by superior vigor
when compared with neighboring orchards,
of the same varieties, planted at the same
time, and from the same nursery. 1t yield
ed two crops of peaches before the others
referred 10 bore any; in 1868 was loaded
with fruit while surrounded by trees that
did not yield one peach that year, and IN
1869, the superior results were equally dis
tinct, for, although the crop was general,
this orchard was distinguished for the uni
torn high quality, good color, and fine size
of its fruit. There were scarcely any cul-
ings and the trees seemed to hold on to the
fruit which grew and was perfected after
the same varieties in neighboring orchards
had gone into market
Applied on corn in young orchards the
return is perhaps more likely to be immedi-
ate than on trees alone, and is so quick and
satisfactory that the orchard seems ferlilized
without cost The increase in corn meeting
the outlay.
Ii n crop of peaches on any orchard when
others failed to produce, has resulted from
the use of the Persicator, we submit the fact
to the owners of the millions of peach trees
between the bays Of Delaware and Chesa-
peake, us proper one npon which Is base
| trial for their own satisfaction. There
never was a season when trees needed more
| help than the present, after the extraor-
dinury crop of last year.
| CORN.
In testing the value of the Perscator up
on corn the average gain over unmanurod
land next adjoining was 85 per cent. The
experiments were carefully conducted ant
the results perfectly satisfactory and uni
| formally successful. They are not surpris
| ing when we look at the composition oftht
plant Burnthe car and stalk, exclude tn,
sand from the ash and of the remainder 4;
per cent. has been found to be Potash ant
% per cent. Phosphoric Acid.
But one Of the most notable results hal
been the perfect exemption of corn, thu
MANFRED, from cut worm or other insects
Its value here can hardly be over-esti
mated.
Most thinking farmers are convinced tina
manuring in the hill is wrong In principle
as it must improve the land unequally
Lime II is known is valuable, less as beinl
plant food, than food preparer, 80 Il
speak, dgesiing That already In the soil, ant
making ii available 10 the hungry plant
The Persicator and Lime in the proportion
of to 3 or more, make composition
which, as a top dressing for corn fields
meets all of the conditions referred to. !
gives both caustic power and plant food
and can be spread upon the land. Anothe
point gained is the increased value of bot
the Lime and Potash as they are each muc
more active and valuable in the presence G
the other.
II instead of buying thousand bushels Q
Lime a farmer buys but five hundred an
invests the rest of the money in this Potas
manure, he will make his land permanent
better by the addition of the Potash an
Phosphate of Lime and his five hundre
bushels of Lime in cooperation with Pofas
) will a. least double 10 caustic power. Th
compound concentrates the full influence
causlic .ime-as such--for months upo
! minerals rich in plant food-whereas lin
! alone only accdenty meets those In I'll
soil, aud then, after few days, loses il
power to act thereon as cdnstic lim
Lime will not dissolve the surface of
, tnnibler ar other glass. but with the Pers
/ Gator it acts promptly, much more so tina
: would Potash alone.
! In the report of the American lnstitut
] Farmers Club, of New York, January ISL
D $50, Mr.. Ii L. Reade remarks: The walt
of Ashes is not sufficiently understood,
!. Several years ago before blowing in u
i Spring, raked the potato vines on a ce
tain field into winrows and burned then
The crop of Oats on these particular lin,
was twice MS large as on the land five fe
distant and the Yield Of grass was near
twice rs large for at least three years.
have bought ashes nj s cents bushel car
ed them eight miles and consider them ii
cheapest OF all manures.
Mr.. r. -. CarttS.-Ashes, unleacbet
are worth at least % cents per bushel, an
do not grudge the outlay.
q CLOVER.
: The clover experiments by Yoelcker al
of unusual valus to farmers The mo
efficient by far in this case was mixture
i super Phosphate and Potash The GLOW,
was cut twice during the year, weighed, W
n would infer, in the uncured state, and Il
: results are summed up as follows.
, BOTH CUTTINGS, Per dcr,
Tons, Cwt, Lib
No Manure, 8 3
b super Phosphate, alone
q Potash, g . 10
Super Phosphate
= and Potash, mixed Is Is 4
FIRST CUTTING.
!, Super Phosphate aud Potash, 3 0
Unmanured, 5
SECOND CUTTING.
a Supef-P Phosphate and Potash, 3 o
s Cumanured, 10
i BY this proving that while the first Gro
from the Super Phosphate and Potash W,
larger yet il left the land in better conditiC
than it was where no manure whatever wi
G applied. He asserts that ii by chemic
e meahs a farmer can grow clover on ST.
j, which Otherwise would not grow clover, /
: is almost certain 10 get good paying Gro
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