Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-07-23
MAINE EXPERIMENT STATION.
SOM 90 ruE TnrNGs In TrlIs rnr
FARMERS.
VAIN 90 MrcN.

VAIN 90 MuCk,
Different specimens ~ muck differ
much In the quantity ~ m,nurial In
grclleuis they contain. Unless muck I.
compostcd u Will b. found to give hat
little fo"d to the growing plant. The
whole matter ~ its use turns upon the
cosi ~ getting u a. the harm aud frum
the harm io thc field, n compared with
what l. save,l hy H. usc a. an absorbent
plus the value ~ the amount ~ plant
food II contains the latter factor will on
an average be- over - per ton.
CoNrLrrE TrRuLizrRs.
BoN experiments with fertilizer. plant
~ to grain showed that all the crude
phosphates except spstlte causc'l large
incrvase in the crop.
Ia experiments With partial aud com
pletc fcrtillfers. complete fertilizers gave
the largrst Weld ~ grain.
en- hnd literally fertillFei Ia iSSs. In
lS>s without the further addition ~ mN.
nure. stable manurr stands FAR ahead
Ia M. WELD of hsV. while fne ground
hone stands sc,onl.
IN field experiments With fertilizers
hy different farmers the experiments with
cumplete fertilizers werr found the most
profitable. Their werv few eases in
which partial fertilizers we're mor
eyonomical temporarily.
COMPOSITION go GHAssTs. wuIrTwTrp
ANp RvrrrHcrrs.
The mosi valuable ~ the feol elements
la the different kinds ~ fodder l. protein.
IN leo paris ~ water-frce substance
alsike clover contains lt.al pcr cent .
Vhlts clover. H. -: blue ioini. 1905 ;
orcharl crass. : a. rc,liop. a.Gp: tlmo-
thv SIS; Wildcat grass. 10, Witch
grass. pI. huttefcups. lOli. white
we'll. aIg Most ~ th~.- were cat in
fall bloom. By these hgury. Il Will b.
seen that witch grass. buitercups aud
Nhiiewee,i sre superior IN heterogeneous
matter to timothy ani almost equal to
and IN some case. superior a. rc'ltop.
Tho nitrogen fr~c matter ~ the white
Wv-d coutalns compounds ~ an Inferior
value. although Il h,s ninc-tcnihs as
much hnon-niirugrnous matter a.. timothy. a..
~ sugar ihc latter has tWic. as much ani
- si1rth ono ami half times a. much.
The upland gras.es do noi differ greatly
in comf.osiiion ani differ very liitl. from
each oihcr AMI frcm al.lke clover 10 30.
gr.tlhiliiv.
The character ~ the material Ia The
clovrr differs materially from that ~
g~stel out - the crasss., teing much
more nitrugrnou. and therefore better
adapted thin the grasses tot the nutrition
~ milch COW. or Young, growing AMI
mals.
TrIuuErR VALUATIONS.
4 csuiiou should he made against max.
ing too rlose an application ~ he value
~ fertilizers. ~ difernr" ~ lev
cent. or even ~ dollar ton tetNeeu
two hfanl. may have no real .ieuincanvr
hut ma, l-' hue o. unavoidable crrors in
.smpliuc or analyfing.
tNsrCti,iprs.
Our pDunl ~ l.onlon purple to one
hundr,sl pounds 81 plaster l. the strong
- mixture aiNisahle au1 The work can
'.r done with les. The strongest mkt
urr ad,iahle ~ rari. gwen l. two
pounds to one hundred pounds ~ plas.
irr ani ihrr, D. ruoi reason to believe
thar nur ruunl to even tNo hundred
pounl. uf plaster !. sufficient. The
cheapest and most efficient poison Cor The
potato hsrtlr 0. iari. grven miN~l With
plaster ur water.
TrsItNG srTps.
Farmer. can essily select No, hesi se',l.
hs putting them hstWeeu damp cloths or
1T. 90 NH.fffft.f ft.f..r Itut auHl Ha