Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-11-17
FARMERS INSTITUTE


At nrNNARN.
An lnsiituis Coz oxford County was
held a. neamark. In the new Odi Fel-
loss Hal. Nosembsr 81. BY Invitation
Of ths West Oxford Agricultural society.
~i'hin whose limits this town l. situated.
On account of the heavy rain u the pre-
,ious day and evening. the attendance
vas no, a. lafge a. might otherwise have
been expected. Siiil. there was fair
aiisniarce there being. a. one time.
nearly seventy i've people IN the ro,m.
The interest manifested ihfoaghou, the
stt.fc iay and eveaing wAs good. all
the papers csllng cat numerous questions.
Wish wtfc alsAys answered promptly.
sai O. the po.ni, by one q ,he msmeers
OF the Board Professor jordan AID NJ.
J. VI nseiing we're expected. bat wefe
unavo,iably detained Bat Mf =. A.
Gilbert. SsCutsry of The hoard. aad Mr.
Hsitfook. member from Cumberland
Colniy. and our resident member. Mr.
A Cd. Pike. ~cfe prcseni. sni at made
valuable AMI suggestive remarks.
The meeting was called o. order BY
NJ pike. vho briefly stated ihe object
ard plrpose of The si.i'. ani announced
that. a. Professor jordan was atseni. he
sutrrc'
"rEsutlrus ruuR COMPOSITION tNp
VALUATION,
woud he taken up by Other members oi
,he Board calling uP'a Mr. Ho.brook
wto. In few p.ihy scutcnccs. explained
Che siiuA,.1n. saying there wAs q way
provided faf al emtfgs,cies, and q nan
nsf % tr.is.rg over every obstacle, and
althougb We al no, have a prophe, nth
us. Nc haa an Ehj.h ~ho ~oaid an b.,
place a. nsafly as might b.. Whsn NJ
GIbsit TOOK che i,or. and commenced
rracficl talk On fefii irefs. A. ne
commencement bel saii. that - far back
a. Bitls times there was grsa' depend
cncc pat upon fsfiill.ng the soil ihe
taffrn ~ fcc the d.fect.ols Ga fcao-
waiting li wtfs. "t.g about and dang u
Fvsa a. che ptsseni day there ls ~of.i
oi pailosopty In hat remark % b. the
lsad.1s d.rciiol to be giten in evep
cas- vhcfe a rcnescd growth o' any
pl.n' s expected s' to-day ihe motto.
''d,s aooat aai durs b.. should be- tlli'
f1ed in al cur minds. in former times.
Che ircilrcf STATED. therc was ba' one
,ogrcc of o5iaiaing this plant food Aad
ttat was tom ttc dlng oi animals b4t,
ss time pa.ssd and more and mote oi ih'
nautc fertility ws. dfawn iiom tte soiI'
rrccs.it, ca-sel s-.rluhc men to look
s'.e~hsfc. and aow we have mAny
solfce. ff obtaining plant food. lhs
roccs.i,y i,f obtaining a larger amount
~ frlar.rr matter a., ici to on inve''
tsatca ~ 'de eicncat. q che p.an''
ttsmss.ys,. so that ii is now knosn Ia
al isn,s consist II ttifiecu c.emeri'
they differ .a quality a,d appearance oaiy
a. thrsc elements are combined ditrrrni'
d. Ihef, arc iasi ths sane elsaenis ia
the cofn p,ani and grain. that thcfs are pa
ttc wheat piaai and grain. Itc tlirf-
cucc .a their qualities r. wtoliy caused ol
their different combination. lnUsnsa-
ti1rs have farther shosn that of ihc-f
thirteen elements l4ni ia p.al''. nin.
are obta.ntd from che aimosPhsrc. Anl
enc from che .oil. which alsAys contain.
enough 10 ih.s o1c tor an inlchaiie nun
hsr ~ crop-. f'f sn iaietai'e Period o'
time. So that pfsc,ically. o Is only nc-
cessary 90 add bat three of The native el-
emcut, ~ plAnis 90 any sod ~hieh arr
N.uossn. Fh1sphofic Acit, and Potash
n al these are pryseni in ssfi,ieni 4aAa-
utie.. auy so.i vii produce good crops.
The speaker nexi touched upon The
.oafcss u nitrogen The tfsi one men-
t.a.el 49, c0,ion. seed meal, which b.
very rich IN ni,fcgen. Tbs forms The
bas.. iof che nitrogen in much % the
Manufactured fertilizers. The only di'
ference being iis ne in commercial value
lrom $50 90 $50 per ton. lis 10 ~ nay
more valuable or batter ilr the sou 90
plant than In i,s raS slate. Another
.oarce fron whrh large quann'ie. oi nii-
rosen are obtained. l. The fish waste
of ~h.ch there afc large quantities
al alo.g our coast. These materials are
q, prs.eni. thc pf.ncipal sources for nit
rossn. Bat part of ii l. also obtained
d rom suano, which i = deposit Of ih'
manure q sea.tiris. whose food consists
mostly q t,h. In The Chihsn Andes and
other fainle.s districts. Whcre q Is nesei
/ ls.ched. bat retains for many years a.
4 ,,. qualities OF phosphoric acid. muei
~ that i obtained from bones. which ar
rich iu this element q plsai food 'he.'
hones are gfuand and treated with s1l
phgr.c acid aad mixed With the element
/ nitrogen. in the Manufactured Fertilizer
Bat ., present the mines Of pho'phorH
rock. recsn,ly discovered IN tae vicinii!
I a Charleston. :. c.. sf1rd by faf ia'
/ larger pr cent Of phosphorus acid IN oa
manufactured fertilizers. Ihis y s'ra
/. tgm of rock underneath the surface sol
80 largely made Up " this element ina
| il is no~ its cheapest source. IL j. mined
groand IN ihe vicinity, and shipped 70 a.
the Manufacturers II phosphAies-fo'
ssh i obtained from kainiie. uerma
potash salt. ~hich covers large are
: formerly covered With the waters OF N
ocean and rs tributaries. There ~ei
40 other sources for potash spoken o.
amosg which are Ashss -SPe-k'ns
lime. the lecturer said there was no nee
20 ever apply ii 10 any soI A. manure
there = in al soils enough q this eiemei
( for al planis. -i, i only A. a msehAn is'
asen, TIA, lime = useful In ~ se'io
upon close. slaysy soils Il is Par'ieui.'il
beneficial, acting A. disider. 10 A'd
pulvsriring and overcoming their 'ende.
eyto pack Il also he'ps. when thorough
I N mixed ~iih the soi. 20 TOT the vege'
abls matter contained therein and MAJ
available the humus of the sol. OPoo
Ind that has been redeemed from u