Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-01-12

amined. Tho whole experiment, lasted
several months, being made to ascertain
exactly what food and treatment produc-
ed the best results The same exhaus-
tive experiments are made with the soil
all kinds of manures are tested, all
kinds of crops are raised to ascertain
their effects on the soil; and in every
department of agriculture, the same care
full, comprehensive system of investiga-
ton is carried out. The result of this
is shown in the knowledge that all gain
who consult the books IN which this
shook farming" information appears,
and in the remarkable production of
European lands. The Prof mentioned
the fact that these experimental states,
critically and chemically examined every
article of commercial manure, and every
body who seeks to know can tell exact
ly what amount and kind of fertilizing
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protects the purchaser from abuse in
price, as well as kind. 1t appears from
his remarks, that our government ex-
ponds as great sum annually, in the
distribution of seeds, as is expended in
Germany, by the government in maintain
ing large number of experimental
states. AS an instance of the way the
Germans apply "book farming" he re-
lated how the farmers constantly car
ried little almanac, which was a sort
of farmers manual, in which was vast
deal of useful information, on all topics
of agriculture. Every thing there is
done by system, and system combined
with economy produces results unknown
in America.
, Tuesday morning. Col. Meade open
| ed the meeting and in substance said !:
J All intelligent men in any branch of
business seek to find the cheapest meth
DDS of obtaining best results. We can
not tell, nor can We ever find out all
the processes of nature, but scientific
investigation has shown what is necessa-
: ry to produce growth in animal or vege-
| table bodies. Science means accumula-
: ted knowledge, and the scientific farmer
G who brings knowledge to his work, con.
e ducts it on best principles. A rundown
e farm may be brought to fertility by ap'
i plying these principles. Manures must
G be saved, every thing about the barn
i the house, or the farm that can be con
b verted into fertilizers should be used
IS Especial stress was laid on the saving
/ of liquid manures, which is often los
It by being washed away by rains or allow
e ed to run to waste under and about tn,
" barns. Care should be had to proven
Z. fermentation in the cellar or heap. H
-e detailed the experiment of DR.. Nobbi
% in raising plants in water by the use 0
20 chemicals, which showed the use of thes
Y, materials in plant growth. Itwas dem
j. onstrated that no one element could b
d left out without making the plant fail
as ure. Mr.. Meade believes in CROWN
IN clover, as it is most valuable crop fo
ID fodder, and has the power to accumu
Or late, in ITSELF nitrogen, the most cost
" of all fertilizers.
re Prof Atwater spoke of experiment
in in raising corn with chemical fertilizer
IN and showed what certain crops took frol
is the soil. The mineral matter come
rs from the soil, the organic matter frol
a the air, through the earth and roots, {
it well as through the leaves. Nitrogen
n phosphoric acid and potash are the chi,
of ingredients to be supplied. First b
n tillage, and second by manure. Whe
pg all the wastes of the farm of manuri
ms nature are returned to the soil, there
to an increase in fertility but whenev'
Mt there is waste, the soil must deteri
er ate. There is great need of system
m careful, intelligent farm husbandry TIL
he shall stop the aOaSteS, now so numerou
- and shall apply the principles so nece
at sary to successful agriculture. In Il
IN afternoon Mr.. Atwater continued his +
S. marks. taking up the subject of arti6ci
IRE fertilizers. In the older section of OF
,of country, he thought phosphoric &C
ig- most deficient, and next, perhaps, Mir
Mt, gen in some of its forms. For the chea
cir est supply of super-phosphate, he thong
his the Canadian mineral phosphates. or
be- bone-black. For nitrogen, there a
ng many sources of supply, among whic
ay may be mentioned Peruvian guano, dri,
he blood, flesh scraps, fish pomace and I
ng trate of soda-all of which are reason
St bly, cheap. The late discovery of va
quantities of potash in Germany h
for solved the once difficult question of
on future supply of this necessary miner
Mt fertilizer. This potash is now bell
be used in New England. The Prof. C
on planned how the process of making s
per-phosphates from bones, and stat
The that no rigid rules could be given viii
cal enable the owner of land to determi
is just what should be used to bring /
to soil to fertility. This must largely
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