Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-05-19

no value 4" Dissolved bone black snI
other suPerphosphates of the class with
rom II TO Is per cent of soluble phos.
phoric acid are sold in the Boston and New
ORR markets for $50 to SIS per ton. and
furnish soluble phosphorus acid at 10 To -
cents per pound.
NttrogeuOus SuperphosDhates. -
Most OF the so-called sup.rphospAates in
the markets, the ',ammoniated'' and mi
trogenous" superphosphates and ..ruanos''
other than fish guano1 and true Peruvian
guano, are prepared BY mixing superphos.
pilates proper. of higher or lower grades
with some materials to supply NITROGEN.
Ike dried blood, meat sctaps and fish
scrap These mixtures have the ADVANTAGE
over the suPerphosphates proper that their
nitrogen IS very valuable and often essen.
tlal. aud the disadvantages that they sun
ply less phoSphoric acid ard that their
EerillizIng ingredients are more costly
tnan in the unmixed materials. They
Seneraiiy contain from 5 to Is per cent OF /
phoshorlc acid. Of which from half to near
| y al Is available Soluble and ..revertel'O 1
ana - TO per cent of nitrogen. They /
are retaIled at from so to $50 per tor.
"hlen brings soluble phosphoric acid AT II /
70 Io cents and nitrogen at % to 80 cents /
per pound.
). Ground bone.-Pure ground bone
contains usually from % to % per cent of
phosphoric acid and from 3 IL to 33.4l
per cent OF nitrogen. 1t may be bought at
rom 80 to $50 per ton, the phosphoric
acld thus costing to cents and the nitro
gen ~ to II cents per pound. As COM
pared with superphos pilates, bone has the
disadvantage Of being very slow in its
action unless ground to verv fine now
der; and the advantages that II furnishes
more of the available ingredients at lower
rates and that it is more lasting.
1. Peruvian guano.-Of the variou,
grades the standard 10 per cent ammonia"
IS one of the best. This contains abont
Il per cent OF nitrogen (eouivalent tn ,
~ per cent ammonia). Il to - per cent {
osphoric acid and 3 to t per cent of I
potash and retails in Boston and New t
TOTE a. Soe per ton. The nitrogen thus Il
COSTS ABOUT 10 cents. the phosphoric acid, C
soluoIe, IL cents. and reverted ! - cents t
and potash > cents per pound. Peruvian /
guano Is concentrated, quick acting fer.
-lllzer; Its ingredients are in readily q
available forms. Taking into account ;
quality aud price. it is one of the cheapest D
fertilizers in the market. ]
.. Fish guauo and fish scraps are pre-
pared from the refuse "pomace" left after
extracting the oil from fish. The scr,p
when ls coarse is much used along the
cast. The dried and ground fish guano
ohtalns usually some to per cen. of c;
acid and 5 per cent Of NITROGEN to
nj at $40 to SIS per ton supplies phos. d;
'horlc acid at 10 - cents. and nitro. III
en at Is to - cents pound. Dry ground L
sh Is quick acting fertilizer AMI nn W
economical! sourSe Of nitrogen and phos OF
heric acid. t'Y' N
b. Nitrogen, Sui phate Of Ammonia, Nj. Ct
ate of Soda, Dried Blood N rate nf ~
'da is at present very high. Sulphate Of tn
mmonia with p per cent OF ammonia, De
iuIValeht to ~ II per cent of nitrogen. ar
quoted at $50 per ton, which brings en-
Iiogeh at about % cents per pound. 1t ca
very concentrated, quick acting fertiI dt
T ana very good for farmers to buy as a lo'
,urce OF nitrogen. Some specimens con >h'
ms less than 70 per cent ammonia and dc.
IouId be sold At corresponding rates. II
rlrd blood Saries in nitrogen. Usually "
ON to II per cent, and in price from eff
- to So per ton. An article with IN WIN
r cent NITROGEN az ~ per cent ANN. Tor
y II 81 would supply ni,roren a, 21 or
ntS per pound. .ra
:, Potash salt,.-Aside from un14acbal mil
lrs' Tue best source of potash i in the ally
rman potash salts, of which there n.y.. lht
ee principal sorts in our market--Sll. c1I'
'tes' muriates and KANT. Tue .ulph,te. he
the most expensive and are difficult to her
an pure, The muriates with 30 p4r gro
II OF chloride Of potassium or more NY 1
responding to 80 per cent or oy4r, of in n
utl potash, is sold at about $40 Der ton will
nishes potash at cents per pound and PROV
0 be highly recommended. Some pre. and
me sulphate for potatoes, on the ground It
II Is SAID to have better effect on the
MY; But this is hardly proven as =
: IN Tue experiments the muria.e has
1ght excellent potatoes and CONSIDERING "
less cost and greater reliability of thr two
,late 1t is doubtless preferable for Yer. land
1t farmers. The kainit is 4 low Grad. rain
eraI containing great deal Of com. drou
Sa!t'and only from to II per cen, of hi.
muc
APLkIE FERTILIzERS-FoRMUL FOR ueNe
SPECIAL CROPS. o.
H., ,,..,... sand
he special fertilizers for corn, pota. rain
; turnipss, grass and other crops, supply been
ogen' phosphoric acid and potash in nue.
amounts as each particular maker It h,
'ses. They have the advanate over in laI
rphos pilates, bone, potash salts and have
r incomplete fertilizers, that thev AMI
lsh all the ingredients commonly de-. varie
Mt in our soils and in proportion. more all W
IS accurately fitted to the wants of the land
;; and the disadvantages are that thew nei%b
expensive and contain materials which We n
or may not be needed and effective, * br
e are many cases in which couulera have
lzers are in place and many others in land ,
n farmer can better afford to nav for Cpon
cessary ingredients than to risk the toes.
OF his crop But Vermont farmer, Glove,
are situated at a distance from market mang
~ pay wen Tor their fertilizers and W
'ut getting the highest prices for their crop.
ice, will do best to learn bv expert. Nh
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