The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-10
Hard Wood Ashes.

The Florida Agr'icuItuliSt says that dur
ing the past two years hundreds of tons of
a hes have been sold to orange growers all
over that 4Sate for ferElizing purposes
first, because they We're cheaper than the
commercial fertilizers; second, because the
growers were led to believe that they were
a complete fertilizer. What is the results
Where ten tons were sold last year not one
will be used this. Our remarks in this case
refer only to groves on pine land, for there
is where all the complaint we have heard
comes from. 1t is because the results were
lot what we're expected. The trees instead
of putting on a new growth, remained COM
paratively dormant, the leaves turned yell
low and general appearance bad. As Mr..
Neeld remarks, ashes are good as far as
they go, but they do not go far enough"
AID here is where the trouble lies In read
ing over the Hard Wood Ash" circulars
sent out to our people we can not find sin
gle instance where the shippers claim that
the ash requires anything else to make it a
complete fertilizer, and thus our people arc
led asCray. We copy portion Of an ash
circular which was received last week. IN
Speaking Of fertilizer Tor lawns, fruit trees,
&c, it says, italics are ours:
For these purposes we would call yor7r ut
tention TO our pure, unleached Canada hard
wood ashes, which have passed through the
most severe CHI 5mical and practical tests
Why! Because they contain ell TIE eie-
meatS essential to the grot0th Ct plant or
tree. II your crops have proved failure,
1t must be owing to the lac1 of some neces-
sary ingredient in your soil, such as potash
phosphoric acid, lime, InGgnesia, soda, silica,
Chlorine, sulphuric ecid or oxide of iron,
which no doubt has 0een removed BY pre-
Vlous cropping. Pure bard wood unleached
ashes contain all these elements in greater
or less degree, and in the right proportion
10 be applied TO tie soil, and therefore is adj
mitted 30 be tho most perfect and natural
plant food in usc.n
Could any person believing the above to
De true, think that he need apply any othe.
Ingredient with the ash before obtaining
a1y good clHecti ..-..
We 90 not wish to be understood to advo-
cate that hard wood ashes are of no value. for
pure ashes are good las far as they GO" As
Ae'sis ADAMS and JIotG say, il used in
connection with blood and bone, tankage
c0Hlpoated with muck. or any material CON
'1'n.ng ammonia they will give satisfactory
'>I'is. Our object ia bringing tais ubject
"9 IS to have ashes lut just where they be-
o"g, to in,trUc, our readers so that they
"'u not be niisled ia believing that ashes
Ue coml iete fertilizer, and save them an
Unnecessary expcDsa.
n.
Oa hunimock OF reclaimed land ashes will
prove benefit, as their chemical action on
Vlo lumus in the soil is TO maze it availa 10
as plant food, and az the same time furnish
sno mineral eleinedt necessary for the per
'eC development Of trees and plants.
Inc largo amount OF fertilizer used in
i"Iida has caused many manufacturers
"'1 dealers to tura 20 this state for rev
'''us OF business, and il would be "A miracle
som eunacrupulous ones did not also put
' appearance. Tits believed by some that
''ade in har1 wood ashes has suf-
'" ucm unpriucipled men as well as
.Nofs. We have in or office q box OF
Ua'a' sent TO US by asubscriber which he
e.'uns he took from barrel of ashes Il
ayI'lins brick bats, anthracite coal, broken
~'"'' ana china ware. hoop iron. blind fast