The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1874-10-28
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a Co; vs.. Smith JaneS, same y Je.-e
Burch. and same IS. &C Bureh we're
tried In the County Court. Jesgs slai,
borne Snead presiding III each ras,. the
plaintiff sued for the value 81 gnaaosola a
the defendants and Tor Which thsy refused
20 pay, on the ground that Il was wofth-
less and tended rasllefto iuiure than lin.
prove their crops. One OF The hilnfiss
alleged was rust
F. T. LoclshaEis Esq, represented llse
plaintiffs aud Jas. G Z. Black, ESQ; De
defendants
Among the s4ss..isssss examined was
Co. a.rW. Isaiss. who had analysed tie
xuAno. His statement contains many
points OF Interest TO the planting cnIll-
rnunity. He said one great troua!e with
.ie planters, as general rule, WIS TINT
they did not understand what their ands
needed In the way Of fertilizers. aud there
fore treated them Improperly. sonle
lands needed the presence of j large per
centum OF ammonia and others Of phas-
phoric acid These two were the prime
requisites In god fertilizer, hut II vas
essential To know which was needed mos,
on certain kinds ofl1nd-. Too much anl-
monia would saake 4 large and iuxugiaal
plant and but little fruit. while iaa mitch
phosphoric acid would .Uageadw piant
and an excessive yield 81 fruit. Tie Two
IN proper proportions were necessary to
effect the happy medium. When m iii-
sufficient quantity OF concentrated fer-
filizcrs are used, aud the soil IN ii. or,ii-
nary state contains bur little toaSsist WI.
citation, the plant may grow VII aiely, aud
up TO csiiain period b. Strong and
healthy, but when the l'rne arrives when
all the soluble constituents OF Tie festiIizeFs
have become absorbed or.cxhausisd, II,
plaut suddenly eeases 10 grow because Il
has no more OF It's necessary food tutply
All OF iis bolls are opened q. Ill sarls
period because 10 new ones were go1ned,
and the surplus squares cast or from AZ
inability TO perfect theiG development III
such cases had compost beer used With
the fertilizer the plan would have con-
tinued iisgrawth. FERTILIZERS arr valuable
in proportion to the amount ~ ammenia
aud bone earth. Ei,hercan heu.ea alesc
hut ~ Cal lie largest Yield II ~ COM
bIning tie two together Hast, III .aia IS
a diseased state Of the plant .shici. las 4,
juices party absasbed aud Use Fen,a.baer
greatly vitiatcd by an extremely minute
vegetable parasite; On Tho case IL cotton. ii
not only attacks The aaief pats 81 ihe
pIant,Aut becamsn absorbed Ii tiis ssfes
ofthe roots. AMI thus ands ~ va tgea
into the Interior y ~ coiina ,ibfe ITSELF :.
The.iiseIsed conditioned ole past may
spring from - small quantity q Ieg-
tillzer having been H,sd. ~ .rD.n t..9 i4s.eh
or TOO little min. Where fesdsxers are
used The ruois II the plant ppsil als,ue III
row, and when sli0 scfiiiszen+sail sle nngfi-
ment 81 Tie plant y gone. .Os IT he
fertilizers, ammonia ai.i rs c4isal Il
biimgenous compound art IN reasiallne
most valuable: not n tissue u the piaai can
be formed without the presence ef ns.io-
gen. A healthy plant eau only come
from heglshy seed o. parent, 4 dsiiss.
IT, nuirinent III III early grawiii firm tic
juices " the seed when are serrespd %
formed from tie sglid paris 9th grain,
the young vegetable being yet too unde.
velopei 20 obtain ~ food fsom t!.ctnuh
and air. The average u ammonia s.ionld
be about three and half per cent. Ia.
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