The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-18

Bulletins Nos. Is and 10 of tho West
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton havo just, been received. No. Is
contains the act concerning CONNER
clal fertilizers. This requires all for.
tiltzers sold In this state TO be analysed
at the experiment station, and that
every bag Of fertilizer shall bear tag,
furnished by the station, giving tho es.
sential ingredients tho bran d contains,
and its commercial value per ton in
dollars and cents. Any manufacturer
or vendor offering for snle any CONNER
cial fertilizer in this state without hay.
Ing samplcs previously analysed and
securing certificate from the director,
will DO fined, upon conviction, not less
than $50 or moro, than $500.
Tho bulletin also contains tho affidavit
required; directions tor taking samples
OF fertilizers; instructions to manuiac-
Jurors and general agents; valuations
Tor ingredients, and q table showing
tho results OF the analysis Of s. brands
complying with tho law OF 1891, and
giving their value por ton based upon
the valuo OF tho ingredients found.
This table shows that II per cent OF tho
brands OF commercial fertilizer sold in
West Virginia fell below tho manufac-
turers' guarantee. .l.,..
Bulletin l0-"Wccds az Fertilizers"
by the botanist,is the iirstone Of a series
OF four, which vii. appear on "Your
Weeds and Your Neighbors." This
bulletin "details that forty-nine weeds
were selccted by the botanist, and sub
United to the chemist for analyais. The
value OF each pcr Ton is then given,
based upon the value OF each constituent
mentioned; showing tina. Our. common
weeds arc worth from three dollars and
forty cents to twonty-one dollars per dry
ton Tor fertilizers. -.
Under the following heads, instruc-
tons are given to show how these
values may DO returned to the soil
Gathering Weeds for Compostins,'
"Whero to Build the Compost Heap"
"NiethodS OF Building thc Field Heap,''
and Methods OF building tho Barn
yard Heap" concluding that the farmer
will gain ii tho methods arc properly
conducted
First-Tho plant food of which tho
weeds have robbed the soil.
Second-A decrease OF weeds the fol-
lowing scaaon In direct proportion TO
tho countless thousands OF weed seeds
that these processes will destroy.
Third-Fields easier to work, and
,CropS cheapcr to cultivate.
Fourth-Cleaner pastures with more
room for good grass.
fifth-Sleck stock, yielding better
milk and beet. -
sixth-Healthier homes and cleaner
surroundings.
Tho lSTEL1IGEScER understands that
bulletins upon Experiments with Fer
tilizers on Potatoes and Tomatoes"
Methods OF Dealing with Injurious In
sccts and Plant Diseases" and several
others OF importance to our farmers are
being made ready for publication.
Tho mailing list OF tho bulletins is
now being revised, and hereafter they
will only be sont to those who ask for
them; however, name and address
once placed on tho now list, by request,
will remain there, and have copy Of
all future bulletins sent to it free OF cost
until ordered to DO changed or removed.
The 1STELLIGENcEa's agricultural
friends should not miss reading these
publications, which a postal card sent
to the West Virginia Experiment Sta
ton, Morgantown, with their address
plainly written thereon, will secure. q