The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-08

| nas sh,gWn itself TO ng advantage" The result
81 fertfltMnR ratooHs In 1876 was not bad, yet the
amount q a1ote fused was NOS sufficient to pro-
dnes 9 very large yield lii stieh vropitious
The genesal effect produced by insnnring III
1878 caused the TO again adopt q somewhat SINH
no ods II s 9Th sga e ss
commemorative when attended with so many
An eminent chemist and serte.tt,,rtsa. after
years ef esperiesee. has stated that four. lflhs
| OF the chances Of success depend upon the
eenents, and onssfifth on she skill. etc. Of the
During last grinding season not emily tested
Juice at home from day to day but polarized
marked similarity In the ressslta. with one sx.
eertion which. I think will tend to show the
effects Of climate Influences, The inies from
| two adjoining places was tested, day inter-
yening-the one polaris7d 1919 and the other
t2;t.9 -. ....,.
cab be given.for the discrepancy ID that on the
Rgfe s ,s whsn ths efo we're spegng
ethef hot vr Ten days atsp fIr fept develop fa s
Than TIL The V e s HE yea per On he
| Two places goes to confIfm The polarieeopic
tests, aud, the opinion formed as to the cause.
on o Atheu sp ebest e p has BEEN #
immense value 70 agriculture IN late years. YET
ass MT ssp g srss - ~ y sss h
| ness of.a soil by analysis
coll seemingly rich may produce inferior
being In an available form. The average cane
lands OF Louisiana. to the dep b OF b foot. will
weigh about q 600 oog pounds; Should an applii-
be- added, could the chemist, after II was thor
ouahly ng2rgorassd With ,he soil s'ate The
| quantity would ordinarily produce very green
| canss-roor In sugar .l
Many years ago. baron Leisie,. the father pf
| mineral heorY-to substantiats which be rented
q fafin IN England applied 70 the soil the min
eral elements alone. and failedto proahee re-
Mr.. Iawes Of Hotbamstead England, took
different Standpoint, and commended that the
to!pro1uce large crops heterogeneous compounds
| mlist be- used. Time demonstrated that The
stimulating effects Of ammonia alone rapidly
Then eattie Prot Geo. Vile. Of France. who
argues That to obtain the best results foodstboth
| require, must be supplied
Tbs marked Improvement in the saecharlne
strength Of the .beess grown by Che use of his
81 sugar Ia The french Wsst inda Islands rom
the same, cause, prove the cerrectnsss Of Ills
| does not wish ID 10 believe that his No. Is 4
panaeea for all cane soils.
Many planters do not believe in fertilizers.
held BY Mr.. I,awes. The pea vine. being a
legumineus plant. absorbs It's nitrogen or
ammonia from the air stores 1t UP nJlts leaves
vines aud roots and When deoayed gives up Its
gaseous compounds to the ensuing crop. As
there are no mineral substances added to the
coil, there. must necessarily be a gradual ex-
/ haitstion thereof.
it IL unfortunate We have no reliable analysis
| OF the pa vine. When the entire crop is
| plowsd In as o green maturing we do not know
| what amount OF nitrogen we are giving 10 the
hea 1oE e dns f. on e We sa axe
| gently we must know what our plants requires
| and how TO feed them.
l ali, lat D., i,1,,
| has found that the roots alone OF Bn acre IT
clever contained as much ammonia I,,, n 800
lssy eaota q he so 4 one ae9P s which is
That our soils are still comparatively rich In
lime. potash and .ohosphorle acid must be ad-
BY Prot aoessmann. 81 Amherst. Mass. who
states that In 1000 parts. relatively poor soil eons
tasd Of ad s sa ,a7 potash t} and o. paoa
him. !" The coil has evidently still good deal
of natural strength, and compares well with re-
| ptitad localities. [ should try. however both
potash and phosphorio acid In common and
Where stable manure is used In any quantity
| corn land, to be followed with zane. otherwise
the ammonia, which s in q potential lorna will
sd G sady ats q a ee
portanoe, the planter should leern whore he can
proegre, his potash gho2,sphor bp aed and am
thinks that In this state d high grade super
phosphate. eotton, seed hull ashes. and cotton
|
taken not to mix the ashes with the other two
| ingredients
Manurine produces marked effect on the per
eentaee Of Juice In the canes. 1t is erroneous
to suppose that powerful m! can extract the
same per cent Of Juice from different canes. It
will vary from less than soto over 10 per cent.
| ize com paratiyely high. The object Of manur-
ing is to thereby obtain 3 maximum quantity Of
question In oonneoton With fertiizing IL, how
| much ammonia must be applied to the crop TO
ire most eanafon y t M aeph On
| fore, no certain amount can be designated.
Experienee, alone can guide the planter as TO
a "ne n h N
| will learn when. how aud where to apply them.
The chemist can tell us what our crops feed on
| and how they grow: but we must learn how to
feed them. and in what proportions their food
The value Of the product grown and the cost
| OF the plant food needed must, In q great meas
| ure. decide the ACCESSIBILITY of buying manures.
TO discard them entirely because last year
5 u he se q
of the country L. y. GAGE
The secretary read several interesting let
ters on windrowing as practised during o
space Of twenty-nine years. The general
the present year considerable amount o.
sugar was saved by windIOwing the cane left
standing on November 3D.
| Mr.. Kernochan made q few remarks con-
corning the application OF fertilizers last year.
1t was generally considered to be such q dis
astrous year that no proper criterion of the
beneficial effects of fertilizers could be formed.
From the opinion thus expressed it may be
that large amounts Of fertilizers will be used
again this year.
Mr.. Cage introduced q resolution to the Of
feet that committee should be appointed to
inquire as to the relative merits Of the vacuum
pan and the open kettle systems of manufac-
turing sugar and rs to the mutual advantages
arising IA to the separate parties from the
sale OF sugar made In the open kettle process
| to the proprietors Of the vacuum pan appara-
fuses, to be manufactured into the higher
grades of sugar. -...
action had been taken on the proposition for
taking means to have laboratory founded
under the direction Of Profs. Boyd and Me-
Culiough at Baton Rouge; such laboratory to
| the analysis of sugar land specimens, of COM