The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-12-13
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The Hnmlnnfe1 land Yielded barely
iI Hahels pof afff fhls year. Nhile llsf
iraf t4e produce VA 10 bushels ia.t
i'ar fle highest produce grown Ny nny
anHh fiai mnnup waa i5l bushtla trr
Hnrp fbit yrnr Y was ttt bushels ihr
i.ali therefore " ihe iwp seasons 10
,ry much iho samo
~ unlrf i0 produce double The crop
ah Wa grown nm The unmanurel
lini M un fhr land which receives min.
erals alone that i ~ Say, ~ produce
fWcnty. els bushels per acre hns rr-
guirrd 90 application " two hundred
pounds ~ salis " ammonia This
manure supplied ioriy-soyen pounds ~
nitrogen. while the increase u crop
would not contain twenty pounds Very
cnfl4 boz the spring when the crop began
90 crow fast. the color " the leaf show
- that ne supply of nitrogen was not
guiietont ~ produce . very luNurinnt
growth. and. ns no drainage took place
after thc manure was applied, fear we
must come ~ the conclusion that o con-
siderable amount d nitrogen Is destroy
ed Ia the soil.
r. has already been established that
while there are ierments which nitrify,
there ara other icrments which convert
ammonia and nitrate. into nitrogen gas
This Is a most serious matter when we
have to deal with 10 costly a substance
as nitrogen; and though some day,
when our knowledge with regard to
these ferments becomes more advanced,
we may possibly be able TO prevent
some Of these losses, at present we have
not arrived at this point,
In our barley experiments We appear
10 have less loss than in the wheat.
While the wheat soil is firm and COM
pact. owing to the autumn sowing and
the winter rains, the barley land is light
and porous. For che wheat crop W. do
all we can TO produce a firm seed bed,
while for barley. on the other hand, we
do exactly the reverse. The absence Of
air in the soil has been proved to be de-
structiyc to nitratcs; II Is therefore pos
I siblc that the greater losses which occur
in the case Of wheat, rs compared with
/ barley, may be- due TO this cause.
In the States where so much spring
wheat is sown, il would be interesting
TO know whether a top-dressing of nj
trate or ammonia applied to spring
wheat would give more increase than
when applied 10 autumn sOwn wheat,
or course the manurcs should be APP
piled to both crops together. But prob,
ably 1t would only be as an experiment
that this would he interesting, rs look
ing ut the present price of wheat, 1t il
more than doubtful whether the in.
crease Of crop would repay the cost o.
the application.
The large increase Of straw which
these mnnurcs give rs, is Of considerable,
value in England, while in the States il
j. frequently an incumbrancc which ha
to be- got rid of.-Sr j. u. LdDeS, u
Country Gentleman.