The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-18
Agriculture and Fertilizers.

nigh price oil farm and garden products,
and especially of provender, lead the
farmers to enquire what can be done To
make their farms more productive and
to enable them to supply the ever-
increasing home demand for these
things. Notw outstanding the corn
crop of last year was fair and the hay
crop good, the scarcity at present is re-
markable. This is the result of the in
creased demand, and this increased
demand is the result of the opening of
the mining industries, the increased
livery business and the great number of
heavy teams now used in the log and
timber business. This demand will
continue to increase, and the prices
will be sustained. Not only this, but
the culture of tobacco must continue to
be an industry here. ard one of the best
paying ones to the farmer or laborer of
small means. Now what can he done
TO make these industries pay better ::
better system Of cultivation is already
being INTRODUCED, and letter farming
implements are being used. These are
favorable indications. but il is n fact
that we have but little virgin soil now
to bring into cultivation, and the old
lands have been fearfully mutilated
and run down. No man can afford to
work poor land Time is too precious
and the race is too strong to- admit of
1t. The conclusion is, that the lands
must be made richer. This can be
done in part by proper rotation of crops,
but ii is "A reasonable conclusion that
something must be done to pay back
what is constantly / eing taken oil, or
in other words, fertilizers must he used.
The history Of all old countries illus.
trate this. The crowded population of
Europe and Asia could not be sustained
but for the scientific system of cultiva.
ton and !ertilizing. Then the question
is, what sort of fertilizers must We use
Of course the frugal farmer will econo,
mize his home produces This is sensi-
bic, this is economic But the home
supply is inadequate Ia the demand,
and Commercial! fertilizers must event
ually be largely used. Science has
pointed ont tie best plant food, which
is perhaps contained in more highly |
shape in the bone and !
ti'an in anything else. |
These have been subjected to numerous
processes until the proper elements for
the growth Ol wheat, corn, oats, tobacco |
and other crops haye been gotten into |
a concentrated shape, ami results of the
most gratifying character are following
their Use. We will not endeavor in
this brief article tn point out the various
grades OF these fertilizers, but merely
in general way, ito call attention to
the necessity cf them and the profits
in their use.
The farmer generally objects that he
Is not able to buy commercial fertil.
zers, but he is not able to do without
hem. If money spen; in this way
makes your labor from ~ to loo per
cent. more profitable, then it Is sound
to Invest in this, and that this
5 true is but the observation aud ex-
Derience OF those who have faithfully
ised them. The application in the hill
VI fertilizer suitable for corn or tobac-
% will, under ordinary circumstances,
Increase the yield at least 80 per cent.
By calculation it will be seen that
his would be a very large per cent on
he investment, much larger than could
Ne realized by any other investment. .
COR the permanent improvement of the
oil a broadcast apple alton would of |
curse he proper. The sooner this idea is
rought before the farmers of Ohio {
ouDty the more rapid will be the i'm |
rovement in the farming interests.
We were in Grayson county a few 3
ays aro -our neighboring county-s I
ounty with soil akin to the soil of our
wn county, and we find that the pro- -,
uction of tobacco as well as the cereals |,
as been very largely increased there (;
a the last few years, leaving us far '
ehind. This is attributable to the fact /
nat the sale and Use of fertilizers have b
ecome enormous. IL is fact that u
iore carloads We're used in that coun- I
: last year than wagon-loads here, and s.
ne benefits are seen in the large crops 4
{ tobacco, corn and wheat produced
lere. o
We drop these thoughts that farmers Il
lay investigate for themselves as to a
he pay and propriety of such invest is
rents. RURAL. "