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

lments with anmoniated te ertilizers, will
strt with corn planted upon land that had
been farmed by outside tenants until it's
fertility was so reduced that it was found
too Improbable to continue its cultivation
This particular field prepared aud planted
corn on, with an application of about 300
pounds per acre of fAmmoniated Bone Black
Eat 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 ofsouth Carolina Rock
and ksin;s, at $25 90 per top sprsparsd4 by
the Maryland Fertilizer Company. The
entire field is of the same quality of land
as near as l can judge. The result of this
experiment was one third more corn where
the South Carolina Rock aud Kaiuit 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-Findng the South
Carolina Rock and Kainit proved so salts.
factory with my corn, concluded to try
live rs on my wheat in the fall of 1880 ,
but knowing that wheat was composed, to
some extent, Of different constituents or ele.
ments from corr, and that ammonia was
thought imperatively necessary to produce
a good crop, Ipurchased FIVE tons of ammo.
mated South Carolina r ,ck, four tons of
ammoniated Auimal Bone, four tons of
slaughter house refuse aud South Carolina
Rock mixed, one ton slightly ammoniated
Animal Bone, and-tons ammoniated Bone
Black. 1 pi:lied the several articles each
by itselfo the same character of land and
the same quantity per acre in each iustauc
and am very sure there was not one peck
more wheat per ace on the land where the
most expensive ammoniated fertilizer was
used than where the South Carolina Rock
and kainit was applied. The clover sowed
on the wheat in the spring of 1881 was uui>
formly good over the entire cultivation.
EXPERIMENT No. 3.--Tho South Carroll
na Rock and Kainit proving to be much
more economical than the ammoniated fer
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the exception Of about ono acre near
its centre, in the fall Of 1881. On
this acre I'applied 400 pounds of South Car
olina Rock ammoniated, at double the cost
of the non .ammoniated. At harvest time
there was not one particle Of difference
in the wheat, either in quantity or quality.
On another field I used Animal Bone
ammoniatcd, South Carolina Rock and
Kainit as half the cost Of the two first
named. There was no preceptible differ
ence in the yield or quality of wheat, where
the same kind Of wheat was sowed, and so
clearly was this developed that the party
who threshed my grain, very practical
New England gentleman, remarked that
there would be great demand for South
Carolina Rock and Kainit this fall. This
same gentleman has been threshing my grain
for the last four years, and as he is q 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 Kainit over any
Of the ammoniated fertilizers, he got me
to procure for him sufficient to apply to his
entire wheat crop. This fertilizer cost
him, applied to the land, not over $4,000
per ton. This season he had the opportu-
nifty of comparing results with neighbor
who used forty eight dollar ammonia ted
fertilizer. They each used the same mum.
Der of pounds per acre and seede.. the same
quantity Of wheat. The neighbor's land
ought to BE- the best, as it is river land and
owned by very practical man who tries to
work things to the best advantage. The
gentleman referred to raised 100 bushels
more wheat Che threshed both crops) than
the neighbor who used tho forty-eight doll
lar fertilizer. So thoroughly convinced
am Of the uselessness Of the artificial ap.
plcation Of ammonia to land, thitI shall
rely in future entirely upon thorough cul
tivation to attract aud retain beneficial nc.
mospheric influences, and when my land is
not in active cultivation make it point Ia
keep it well covered with clover or mixed
grasses, lime upon these, and when fallowed
apply South Carolina Rock aud Kainit In
re seeding down. Phosphoric acid.and pot
ash arc .he elements most needed in ouI
lands. After these thorough tests aun in
clined to give Dr.. A p, Sharp all the credi,
possible for his long. persistent efforts to
establish a fact that woula have saved the
agriculturists millions if he could have influ
eDccd them to abandon the use of an article
thas has been the ruin Of many. To my
own knowledge, DR.. Sharp has made very
poor farm one of the most productive of any
in the very fertile county Of Kent, and ID