The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-09-29
A\ID\(4thr FARNiR>'
Som, OF thu Trec:lia.' of Experience
i, Agriculture.


DR. r. VI. Prnllrton, Professor OF
A,r;co)tnre in the Georgia state Az
;icuItrr4l College, at the close OF az
elaborate report or the results OF ms
experiments, presents 'hc following"
summary. We reprint it here as
food for thought, and as furnishing a
series of points of departure for FUR
thcr experiments, rat' or tl'n as an
cpitomc of agricultural science. Let
all doubtful statement be put to the
test of farther experience:
|. That there isl great waste OF
ammonia Wien Peruvian guam" Is
nsed in it's concentrated i'rm; II
should he mixed with Snprr-rhoS-
phatc. alkaline salts, etc.
>. That no combination of salts,
leaving ont soluble pl">pl!o'ic acid,
will pay on orr WON soils. ,
3. That taken separately none OF
the salts sold as fertilizers to make
home compounds will pay. Their
virtues, if any, must he 10 chemical
action upon each other, and The sub
stances with which they arc compost
ed.
!. That ashes treated with Snlphn
rio ac,l will greatly improve their
Ir1tilizin. qualities.
;. That two hundred pounds of Il
good ammoniated SuprrphoSp''atr Is
about the quality to hc used on an
acre of cotton.
&. That soil aboun1ing in vcGc.
table matter will pay a much better
per cent. with commercial fertilizers
than one having but little of this
substance.
I. That large amount Of fr'tl|l-
GERS (>ay half ton per acre) Will not
pay with low priced cotton
z. That witt, good cultivation,
rood fertilizers will pay, even at the
lowest rate Of cotton hut with bad
cultivation they will hardly pay at
any price.
8. That while potash is more indIs,
a"uSahlr to plant life than soda. the
latter may replace the former under
certain cum>tancrS.
10. That the hi phosphate of lime
being less soluble in cold water, il
not SO efficient as the hi phosphate a:
a fertilizer
II. That stable manure, cithe'
fresh or rottcd, applied with u hiS|
graded snpcrphoSphate, makes yer!
efficient fertilizer for cotton.
70. That cotton seed applied will
the germ killed Tor green, if put il
deep), in conjunction with goo'
s"pcrphosphate, makes powcrf"
fertilizer.
l3. That lime s|onhl never he us"l
in conjunction with a <upcrphosphate
and the application of snpcrphos
pilates to calcareous soils is of doubt
full utility.
If. Fertilizers applied during til
growth of the crop, to keep up
supply of nutrition to the rootlrts
will not pay under ordinary circum
stances.
Is. That ammonia is the most &C
tive and efficient form of nitrogen
when applied as fertilizer, and Cha
organic nitrogen in certain album
noids is more ct1cctual than the nj
tratcS.
IL. That the value of nitrogen an
phospholic aid to a farmer depend
on forms and combinations. not the
commercial value, which is lated az
cordins to the law of supply and dc
mand.
II. That the application of solub1
manures in n liquid form is bette
aud more efficient than when apple
in the dry state.
le. That line will pay on sol
Astounding in organic matter; G
other soils its application is of doub
full utility.
10. That s,.,,oils do not gcrmlna
seeds, or grow plants, like surta|
soils.
20. That early planted cotton wi
not produce as much as that plante
later, when the ground gets warn
and the plant is not retarded, h'
grows off vigorously and hcalthily.
81. That subsoiling cotton Lane
will pay for tho extra labor on OF
clay soils.
90 That one stalk in the hill wi
DIoduce more cotton than two
nore stalks.
%. That topping cotton is rather
detriment than an advantage to Il
crop.
"a. That cotton planted in mario
rows two and a half feet wide al
'ertilized, on thin land, will prodn
more fruit than in wider rows, wi
seasonable year.
%. That the difference between
rich and poor soil Is probably OWL
TO the amount of available nitrog'
and phosphoric acid, held in solub
conditions with the humus of bla'
matter resulting from the decay
plants, in which there is always
anf1iciency of the other mineral ell
'aents.
26. That subsoi|ing land for CO
will pay for the extra labor even Of
reasonable year, much better of d
year.
q. That deep plonghing of CO.
turing some seasons, at least on cl;
and, seems to answer as WE'LL if u
setter, than shallow culture.
q. That five by three feet is t
best distance to plant corn on met
nm land, of seasonable year.
20. That pulling fodder does Il
seriously injare the corn after it pas
~ the milk stage.
80 That superphosphate is the be