The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-01-16
EXPERIMENTING. AND sTUBBoRE FACTS.


The readers of our agricultural journals tail to have noticed
how very contradictory the reported [esqz Of exn
question raised by experiment devised Tor the purpose we
shortly find else coming forward VINO mas likewise ' III"
Why is2-simpy because experiments questions asked OF
P2fale That must be 3Iy a IN ' fe @ Is ans%d 1cg
O his folly, applies here a elsewhere. r nj.
experimenting attempt bring about some ntg result
under known and conditions Now" # we ian 10 take
into account any On" Of the niu 3 l inG 4 il
happens, the conditions controlling the results o. asfcaiu I
ncc an and with the b resources science, and
It can b. attained only By long trials. executed
No wonder then great diversity Of opinion prevails among
farmers upon the vitality important questions Let me adj
duoe one as AMI illustration:
VIII commercial fertilizers pay
In general WAY, some T ann f S The 'o' farmer Who tries
and honesty; and Of US know" to our cost now m
sembng sumpury shall in this matter think have to
follow the example Of other states IN the establishment OF an oOa
inspection by State authority OF th's very tricky class " %
P na9 $55 per cent clear profit on his investment He
becomes excited and procans far and wide superphos
phate Is the thing for 300 per cent profit ,
His neighbor for or cotton ON ms soil and barely gets
his money Natu y he also gets exced-cres humug
Each one bitches stubborn fact at the other and each
right the % while both are equally wrong as to the con
Let me cite an example from my own Byram
below this we have in the banks Of Pearl river
client mari separated by gray clay Finding that
had been dug into told inquiry that foolish
several loads Unfortunately, he had chosen the gray clay
at
experiment dare that whoSoever perpeaed
thinks mari great hunbug!
And here say-farners good against theories
with book farming Yet such
their number i large among hee the most arran heorzer
the bode conclusions stand them like
wall ohsnaey the less they know about the
TAKE for example? the old popular SUPERSTITION rfgng the trans
Of the all other plants and the
How, then. has the idea
thus: When frequently the the seed
together both viii up; but
wheat will much the and in choke
off" blooming spring
than the which will bear repeated without injury
consequence, the cheat advantage the wheat back and
chiefly of cheat obtained Nevertheless if the mixed seed be
the grazing omitted the wheat
may prevail in the fight Then old farmers the
cheat has reverted back to wheat
Again: In good a and
the Northwest it settled opinion that forage crops grasses
would succeed climate 1t had been tried and
they could not q stand and the summers killed it all
My friend Philips then, proclaimed but in that this
that with proper treatment not only could stand be
needed hmhe bookarmer, theor and forth; stub
him be NoC all know that he
and that all the stubborn facts amounted
Yet they had settled the point in popular belief
change all that If the labor pains, and be-
individuals limited experiments leading
combined uciouy
directed we'll defined objects of important knowledge
would be elected
Experimenting a difficult
correctly in all 1t dHparagemen
that great number Of they unable say exactly where
pnehes what experiments should be made
able Judge Of all the precautions required them
u issue.
rproach upon dsageeng
with the results Of practice, simply this proper
qualifications part expemene supposed esteem
and we'll dgd knowledge, which alone results
above all, correct conclusions.