The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-09-22
EXPERIMENTS WIFI FERTILIZERS ON
CORN AND WHEAT

giving the particulars respecting my exper.
iments with ammoniated fertilizers, | will
strt with corn planted upon land that had
been farmed by outside tenants until its
fertility was so reduced that it was found
too Improbable to continue its cultivation
This particular field prepared and planted
corn on, with an application of about 300
pounds per acre of Ammoniated Bone Black
at a cost Of S34 90 per ton. This fertilizer
was applied to the entire field, excepting
about ten acres which had about 200 pounds
per acre applied of South Carolina Rock
aud Kain;t, at -S25 90 per ton, prepared by
the Maryland Fertilizer Company. The
entire field is of the samc guilty of land,
as near as can Judge. The result of this
experiment was one third more corn where
the South Carolina Rock anI Kaiut was
applied than where the Ammoniated Bone
Black was used The ammonia caused the
corn to fire badly and materially shortened
the crop.
EXPERIMENT No. 2-Fnding the South
Caroliua Rock and kainit proved so salts.
factory with my corn, concluded to try
five rs on my wheat i'll the fall Of 1880,
but knowing that wheat was composed, to
some extent of different constituents or cc-
mcnt: from, corr, and that ammonia was
thought impcrativcly necessary to produce
a good crop, Ipurchascd five tons Of ammo,
mated South Clrolift -lt pcS, four tons Of
ammoniatcd Animal Bone, four tons of
slaughter house refuse and South Carolina
Rock mixed, one ton slightly ammoniatcd
Black. [ ap, lied the several articles each
by itSclio the same character of land and
the same quantity per acre in each instance,
and AN very sure there was not one peek
more wheat per ace on the land where the
most expensive ammoniatcd fertilizer was
used than where the South Carolina II ,ck
aud kainit was appli ID. The clover sowed
on the wheat in the spring of 1881 was uni>
formly good over the entire cultivation.
EXPERIMENT No. 3.--Thc South Carroll
IA Rock and Kainit proving to be much
more economical than the ammoniltcd fer.
the exception Of about one acre n2ar
its centre, in the fall Of 1881. On
tins acre | applied 400 pounds Of South Car
oina Rock ammoniatcl, at double the cost
of the non ammoniatcd At harvest time
there was not one particle Of difference
in the wheat, either in quantity or quality.
On another field [ used Animal Bone
ammoniatcd, South Carolina Rock and
kainit a. half the cost Of the two first
named There was no prcccptiblc differ
,ncc in the yield or quality of wheat, where
the same kind Of wheat was Sowcd, and SO
clearly was this developed that the party
who thre>hcd my grain, very practical
New England gentleman, remarked that
there would be great demand for South
Carolina Rock and Kaint this fall This
same gentleman has been thrcshng my grain
for the last four years, and as he is a live
Yankee, has been watching my experiments
very closely, and SO thoroughly convinced
was he last fall Of the superiority of the
South Carolina Rock and l\ainit over any
of the ANN mi ltrd fertilizers, he got mr
to procure for him sufficient to apply 10 his
entire wheat crcp. This fertilizer cost
him, applied to the Land, not over $1,000
per ton This season he had the opportu-
nifty Of comparing results with a ncighbor
who used forty ciaht dollar ammonia ted
fcrtil Ger. They each used the same mum
Der Of pounds per acre and Sccdc,. the same
uu,ntity Of wheat. The neighbours land
ought to be the best, as i, is river land and
owned by very practical man who tries to
work things to the best advantage. The
ycntlcmrn 'ctcrrcd tn raised 100 bushels
more wheat Che thrcShed both crnp>) than
the ncishbor who used the torty-ri" "ht dol>
lar fertilizer. So thoroughly convinced
am | of the uSclcSsn IS Of the artificial an
pIcuion of ammonia to land, thlt shall
rely in future entirely upon thorough cul
tivation t. at,rlct and retain b,nrfcill at
mo>phcric Influences, and when my land is
not in active cultivation make it Il point to
keep it well covered with clover or mixed
grasses lime upon these, and when fallowcd
apply South Carolina Rock and Kainit in
re seeding down. Ph"sphoric acid.anl pot.
| ash are .hc elements most needed in our
| lands. After these thorough tests | am in
cincd to give Dr. \ p. Sharp all the credit
possible for his long. persistent efforts to
establish fact that woulu have saved the
agriculturiSts millions if he could have infu
cnccd them to abandon the use of an articl"
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