The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-08
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY g. 1873

WIS given FUee u bllaIiHS w euS feSSuoitteFOi
The fertilization of soils IL Of vast fmportat,op
eeultiyatsd Regions u Tie world. .',,..,-
the iisefanfsai asplianees Of man and lhe
effects produced by The agencies Of nature SUCH
as oxygen, light. heat, colt water, etc The
face OF which changes are ever being wrought.
The disintegration Of The rocks which form
fertility depends npon the solubility Of The min
eral elements found therein. ,
wsp h " r Rs ss s sp s Ms se ae We
are naturally forced tl the eenelnsiop that y
The streams which come ladened with the lisin.
tegrated pafts Of the various rock fornationss
from the far off ltoeky Mountains and distant
Alleghanes have Tor aees atusd n Rllaing up
the lands which we are now s,lstvatinlg .r sai
erals OF tnitUr importanre are found Ii Worried
proportions III al our spils, and to have them
III q soluble form Is the object aimed al by the
II fo tnalutain the fertility Of soil the first
sss Is rs a,aaa ss w aeeFa o. bs s
removal of stsgpant wafer. partieularly BY ,,l,,
der ground Drainage. the rain water, charged
with earbonic acid. AMMONIA aah nitric aa,ld
particles of The coil, and by The old of the oxy,
gen uf the air renders soluble the requisite foqd
tgr pats Il ~ , s not III sutRR5,sg V
drained produce larger crops than those VINO
neglect such an tmp9rtant work .,,,.a
Az the requirements Of all giants ate not ALIKE
therefore tile necessity OF iudlc!ous system OF
rotation In the crops grown. Unfortunately for
thesngaf region Of Louisiana planters are CON !,
ss p srgw T hit sfa s nsa s vSs Z po
be difficult to maintain the lands ln an otdi-
nary condition 81 prolnetlveness.
Nature u Is b2 } ggnpply q ,n mana RE- e.
The world concentrated food for plans In tts
various forms .For many years ths islanqs 3, #
The ras f ana sa1ao sYq s5asas st 9
quantities. OF nitrate Of potash are ohtaihea
from Peru, nitrate Of snda from Indla the
pheaphates from Carolina and elsewhere. aud
raw ZONES from every available portion Of the
The mines Of Germany yield potash sails. and
quantities OF sulphate bf ammonia Rte mann-
bays Of New England are whitehead BY the sails
Of vessels engaged In capturing inyttads OF
bork packng establishments Of the West fur.
nish tankase. The South supplies cotton seed
meal, which without doubt, is our el,sapsst
stanpea are somewhat. expensive. fraudulent
dealers. In compromising thsir fertilizers, add
yellow clay, sand, lime, common salt. gypsum.
that the use Of genuine fertilizers has proved
remunerative In Europe T. demonsttated by
the immense quantities which have been I'm p
creased produetIveness Of the lands where they
have been intelligently applied.
When Of high grade The planters g 81
nefseaed ID. In Java the cane lands are man
urea with ,shes and peanut coke. BY the use
a t ss and as nave s ss
creased In value Of late Years. The vast utan-
tity Of beet sugar at present produced In Europe
DDS Il cultivation and fertllizing which have
bean brought about by scientific Investigation
The all important question to the sugar pro-
ducers Of Louisiana now s. how can they best
and in the shortest time. retrieve the loss OF the
MANY attribute II to the use Of fertilizers
Without giving. ono Thought to the effects Of the
climate from MAY until the severe free5s on the
morning Of the fret % Deesmber. combina-
ton OF ,intoward Ills attended the prosperous
crop and caused 1t TO fail not only in saecharine
but In money value. At present we have only
to deal with that which rendered the canes poor
II is well known and established fact In ag-
rituture that but few cultivated orope mature
well tregardess Of fe, tilisatto when the ripeh
ing season, is attended with warm. murky and
TO develop saocharine In either the beet or
cane. the aututnna months must be bright and
aacehariue when accompanied by a certain
amount Of warmth and dry atmosphere. Such
we did not have. and. therefore. the want OF
np,1ia produced green canes none will deny
such will be the case every year.
Soils still rich In humus and heterogeneous com
pUHDHS SuUAIu HUl pe WIEN hkuNtohA-
The storms Of the 10th and 18th Of September
In many localities were most Injurious to the
growing crop. LII many instances the, roots
were seeei I'd on each side Of tho rows, and when
the weather BECAME warm second growth
took place and the canes assumed . dark green
aunearHt1ee even on unmarried lands.
The following polariseoplg tests will show
thu! very heavy canes badly blowsn by the storm
10th # hit T fop hs hsgs s aa
freeze Canes on land which yielded from
thirty to thirty Ave loads per acre tested 80 on
the n 81 sh i Il % 90 h ee
not until about Christmas.
differ materially, yet the following will show
how different wore the polariscopic tests for the
October. November. December.
1876, IL AZ, Ia 90 ID 80, IA 40 1a.so "a 80
1s77...... 10 60, Il. so IL 30. t-35 1o40, p.ss
10 demonstrate tho effects Of various seasons
/ will state that In 1876 | planted 40 acres in
cane. aud applied 400 pounds. Of cotton seed
fortified with chemical mixture, which was
composea, Of potash. phosphorlc acid and am
and and over ~, 200 barrels of molasses,
In 1877 treated 80 acres in a similar manner
and did not get AZ hegshsads OF sugar, although
per acre. and In the former not quite 90. The
said canes In 1876 polarized p.bospn the twemty-
ninth Of September. and those Of 1877 never
..
Climate influences affect III q marked manner
the yield Of canes. In 1868 fertilized my y ant
cane crop and made one hogshead OF sugar to
eight and half loads The following year no
manure was used on ether plant or .stubble.
and It took about 16 loads per hogsbead.
The effect of the season on the canes In 1876
was somewhat curious. On one plat Of an
acre no manure was, used, and the Juice
polarized 1870 on the twenty, ninth Of Septem,
Der. The adjoining plat where cotton seed
meal Containing oyer 70 per cent q ammonia q
potashl was applied. tested only TO. and where
Ave pounds OF soluble potash and thirty.flve
pounds ammonia were used. the Juice tested
a2o. Evidently the phosphates and potash
aided in the early maturity of the cane on the
Ia ter plat as the cotton seed meal only con-
tanned eight and three quarters pounds more
ammonia than the fertilizer above mentioned.
When the canes were ground about the fiji
teenth Of November, the un m plat tested
polarized Ia 90 and the Inter plat 1884.
Although the ammonia OF the cotton seed
meal was in q potential form. yet owing. per-
haps, 10 the favorable season, II has been ex.
hausted, or what think most likely, IL had not
assumed an available form for plant food.
The very opposite seems to have been the case
Iauf sanaon Not only did the canea utiliZe the