The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-12-11

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Compost heap. Homemade manures.
Compost heap. Phosphate. A thor
ough scientific education. Mississippi,
3 yes; 2 no. Discontinue it's use. Care
for homemade manures. More barn
yard Louisiana, l yes; l
no.; by experimenting. Texas, 2 no;
3 yes. Deep and frequent tillage.
Discontinuance of its use. Proper
education on the needs of the soil.
Arkansas, l yes. Homemade ma
nures. The South, Is no; 100 yes.
Has composing been tried, and what
is the experience Of your section wlth
| homemade mamures ?
Virginia, 19 yes; 2 no. To a limited
extent. To a great advantage. In a
small way but with success. To a
limited extent. Are superior to com
mercial fertilizers. Best result. Worth
| all fertilizers. Best results. Success.
To a limited extent. Best advantage.
To a limited extent but with SUCCESS.
Best fertilizer. Satisfaction. Tennes-
see, 6 yes. Good results. Home
made manures are the best and cheap
est. Has been tried with paying sue
cess. North Carolina Al yes; l no.
PAYS we'll. Good results. Better
than fertilizers. More and more each
year. Only kind that will pay. Salts
factory results. Little attention. First
rate for good crops. Good results.
Best results. Good results. Better
than bought manures. Good results.
Always best results. Not much in
this section. Pays best. Experience
has varied. Good results. Farms
are becoming more valuable. Land
improving. Good is resulting. Good
results. Better than commercial fer
tilizer. To a limited extent with best
results. Only to a limited extent
with good results. Only to a limited
extent. Better than fertilizers. Great
benefits have been derived. Will be
our chief reliance. Results have been
good. Good results. Limited ex-
tent. Favorably. Pays we'll. Best
fertilizer in use. Not much done in
this line. Good results. 1t does
we'll. Good results. They are the
best. Good results. South Carolina,
Is yes. Good results. Pays we'll.
Good results. Gives best results.
They are growing into use. Is the
best. Found profitable. Good re-
suits. 1t is good. Good results. Good
effect. Good results. Has promised
a success. Georgia, II yes. Best
results. Excellent success. Best fer
tilizer. Most successfully. Good re-
suits. Success. Successfully. Con-
sidered the best. To a limited extent
with success. More homemade ma
nures. Florida, l yes. Satisfactorily.
Alabama, % yes. This year is an
exception nothing has paid. AS a
rule, good results. Best fertilizer.
Good results. Good results. Fine
success. Good results. Good results.
1t is the best known. Most satisfac-
torily More profitable than any other.
Profitable. Heaps are increasing.
Superior. To a small extent but pays
we'll. 1t is the cheapest. Without
satisfactory results. Satisfaction. Sat
isfaction. Satisfactorily. 1t is largely
practiced. Very favorable. Good
results. Good results. Very little
results. Satisfactory results. Better
than guano. By a few with good re-
suits. Can't get enough. Mississippi,
5 yes. Good results. Best advantage.
Good results. Growing into favor
more and more. Good results. Louisi.
ana, 6 yes; 3 NO. Good results. Com
ing to use it. Good results. Texas,
6 yes; 4 no. Very little but with
good results. Better than fertilizers.
With satisfaction. Good results.
Success. Arkansas, ! no; 2 yes.
Limited extent with good results.
Homemade are the best.
The South, al yes; II no. lit is
noticeable that many Of these negative
answers come from States where fer
tilizers ars seldom used.1
That commercial fertilizers are in a
great measure used ill-advisedly in
many States of the South is the gen
eral impression among many of our
people. By reference to the proper
paragraph, 1t will be seen by this
enumeration hat the opinion as to
their use is about equally divided.
There being IS correspondents reply
ing in the affirmative, and 76- in the
negative.
To those who consider their use too
great, may be able to find remedies
from those proposed. From the an
swers, 20 recommend homemade
manures as the remedy. Green ma