Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-04

stuffed and starved on alternate DAYS tC
make him lay on first streak of fat anC
then a streak of lean. you find that al
killing time, or harvest. the streaks o
lean largely predomna e; for il is one o
the most elementary of the unwritten law
of nature that in order to get the creates,
good from your fertiizing material il
should be applied in sucn a condition that
each atom of the soil may be in contact
with and impregnsted by its life sustaining
properties-thtt fertilizer and soil be
thoroughly AMI intim ,tely mixed And
you cannot do this as it should be done
W tn green manure.
rhe man who should attempt to fertilize
an acre of corn by dumping dozen loads
of manure on one corner of the field would
hardly take the first premium on corn at
any first-class fair. And the man who
leaves it distributed through his soil in
widely scattered chunks will hardly meet
with the most abundant success, But per.
haps you may ask if manure gives off and
loses its ammonia while it is heating, fer
menting and rotting and if it is still
necessary that it should be allowed to
ferment and rot in order to get 1t into a
proper condition for application to the soil
as plant food, what shall we do with il?
How shall we get hold of and save this
volatile sabstanceP
The answer is simple. Nature has pro-
vided certain thinge that are both cheap
and plenty which will answer your purpose
most admirably. 1st. Fresh earth Is a
powerful absorbent of ammonia. and if
brought in contact with it will retain it for
you. I'd. Plaster of Paris, copperas and
dilute sulphuric acid combine with it to
form soluble salt, sulphate Of ammonia,
which at ordinary temperatures is not vol.
atile. Hence it follows that by the use of
either of these articles you can save it. In
deciding which to use your only question
need be, which can get and handle chetp.
estP For either will answer the purpose.
And now q word about the methods of
applying fertilizers to the soil. One man
advocates liquid manuring; another
spreads his we'll rotted manure and har-
rows it i'm" another spreads it on the
snow. My purpose in mentioning these
methods is not to tell you which ia best for
you to adopt, for the circumstances that
govern each individual case must deter
mine that, but to point out that the same
SonS.''' ~ aoiPio uuuoi "c' Uhoiii all 'iN''
the 'horouSn olhusloh OF your lerIlllzihg
iiiaVerial through the SOL: lhese methods
are only dlHerent ROADS ieadlhg 10 COM
mon go"i' anu eltner VIII answer tne pur-
pose very we'll. The cost Of each method
will naturally be II leading consideration
with you in deciding which to adopt.
But we have spoken of another class OF
elements necessary to the development of
piahV iiIe-tle inorganic eiemehls, lhe
OCCURRENCE vi tnese substances IN All Piants
must ha'uraiiy iead 10 the conclusion that
every plant requires certain quantity oil
tlleln lor its existence ana for It's compete
development Ii the plant does not hnd
tneii 10 'iie SOIL assigned 10 IT, Is Cd,
oliucleu I'D lts SroWtn' pines am
"i,ners n" y before aualnlhg maturity.
:. Ihese Inorganic substances are po'aSh'
'''ne' soua' phosphorouS' maSneSa s'iica
anu sone o'ners' an' Ciley eE'St 10 varying
PioPor.'ohs III all aIaole Ianus !. they u'u
no. vegeta'loh "oulo cease no" tnese
SUBSTANCES are Iakeh up ny growing veg
c'"''oh' III growing p'ahtS' anu maze To
,o' 'ln tue ooies' frame WORK anu lhcom'
ousVlo'e Portioh Oh plants ana now those
p'@n.s io' III eiie suSar' S."rcn anu 'he oVnel
su"s'anoes sluS iouhu III them we may nor
.u'iS hno"' ior hiau has hot yel oeen aoIe
W ~ l".aoan .he sooIe's Vi l'''ure Srah'
.'oo' aVo' J 'no eail', 50 i'' as " pe ap'c
" p,, ,n"ne nc. ,ei' Us vi 81. ner SECRET |oIhS
pu. we hu1~ h"ture mas o'u"heu t'it'
Pla,'s s'ouIo leeu upon the'e substances
auu IL penooVes man 10 ac' upon tht
AnoWieuge .S;r tnaV mas oeeh gwen "lIhou'
| CaVlllDS tDDul IIaG WDlCn mas not Deen
slVep' II we ahalyze tile asnes OF plants
We n'y u1'o' tli''ie '',e "'iioVn' Vi ihoI IS'hlc
vi mineral in"'lcr lueS conlt'n' ana con
sequonty asooita'h "ppfoA''ntLely WI, VIVA
70 70 loq"Itou io' Ii'eit ou''sn'ieh'' linus
q We eH'ihlle .lle aSneS Oh p'he' we shai
nuu ouiy Que e'Shlh as lhucl P'tasn rs III
.uo @shee vi u'aPie' ohe-n nlDtl as nuch as
III t'te "sueS vi "neaI sUr""' anu aoou
one-iotV'eCh "s much as III tne ashes o.
colh s'a'ks ana as we know that nature
neNor ln"Aes any MISTAKES ana Always
PI"ooe vi eVely P'ece oi GROUND the piah'
vi % I,ee oes! sulteu 10 tnat ground we con
olu'o ei'' We "ou'' ralso I'fn UT whea
on P.he ''hu we must auu largely o.
Po.aSn, vi "l''' lS Plac''clliy oe'ter' y
you ouit'VaIe such lahds' crop tnem VIII
i,yo' ouch wneat Ut some paht requiring
less Po'"sh' ior 'he proportion Oh the dlter
ens @ inorganic elements taken up by
u.nerenl u pants varies greatly wheat
corIl anu c,oVer are PoIash plants' l. g.
piahts "Il'ch require large amount o
potash; oa's require less ouckwheat ant
rye sun leSs' nehce' onckwheat and rye
M uiay oe successfully raised on lands where
.ne IrsC tilheo plahts may not
ical comhinations which taka ,Io nInca a''Da ha
tween these eleme,ts in ,ha so; paw ; Do
nnites viii nhosnb,.rio aoiI 60
nhosnhate of lima. with narhon;o iO' 'n,H n;,i
whep hronght in con,.c, wiz !, s;, ao,u
carhonata of Ina po,ash ~ '; iGl u
contac, With siiioa otho"'n;.o 'Is Is II
SiI;o;c ac;d ~ g;o' ornos "'S' - A''pwn ~
.narinolv soInhia in yator S;,i"',o vol' "
notash' in which condition il IL Luo tatau ", "
bv nla,ts as ,ho snhstanoo ,nb;oh 80 ~; W
strength and stiffness to the straw n
the various grains, Potash also has
strong affinity for carbonic acid and mite
with il forming carbonate of potnss,. anr
thus becomes one of the means bv whict
carbonic acid is supplied to GROWING VEG
citation.
About the sources of supplv for tbes,
| Srhs,o,oos tho ,,,,,,,,,. ~