The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-11-17
FERTILIZERS.

p FERTILIZERS.
Iu.- and when 3<1ets1fi.,
suIphaie Of Am96aH ~ 80 Eeoa: =.
d Ths New Jersey statf0h's vafuatfon
Isl ssss sid n Il R bsssti sha
esls 29 5ssss q assa" ss less ID
1 bone 10 In good repute among farmers,
asnl1sAi1s 1tuyidk, dfTNteI krtil-
izsrs reject those brands in the prcpara-
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ssts.eaass 5Es ssss.sss, T a t ds
yalopment and use Of which have been
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permanent effect observed from the use
"a sns I, apasg,sl sses son on
!, 'ss sai;i i st:s a s saas
| materials cannot be well substituted for
fsssalsh1asgh.t Asgezaasst ID, called BIZ the
! same name and be quite as valuable from
q commercial standpoint.
Whom d farmer il satisfied that ground
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| tions Of soil and methods OF practice, 1t
| is believed Mt the station that it is moro
| economical and satisfactory for him to
| buy it as such rather than in the form
| Of complete fertilizer Of which it forms
! the base; iirst,s because the same kind
and quality of fortilizing ingredients are
much cheaper, and, second, because of q
reasonable eerSaiilty that what is bought
Is really bone. AS regards dissolved
bone and supcrphosphates with potash,
the samples examined at the New Jersey
station this year were OF good quality
and with few exceptions fully up to
their guarantee, which in connection
with their selling price would seem to
mako them valuable substitutes for com
plete manures. SO, in many cases (of
which wheat is given as one), according
TO tho station bulletin, the cheaper super
phosphates with potash may be quite as
effective for certain crops as q complete
manure containing a low percentage OF
nitrogen.
Sulphate Of ammonia is of special in
forest to the agrieulturist, as, with the
exception Of Peruvian guano, it is the
only commercial source Of ammonia
within the farmers reach. It is prepared
from the ammoniacal water, which Il
obtained ih tho manufacture of gas from
coal. The sulphate, not being a com
plete manure, is seldom IL ever applied
alone, not even when il a course Of rOta
ton 1t follows q phosphate manure. Il
: u very useful when employed sis All al
junct TO tho slow acting manurcs, it IL
creases tho vi 3or OF the plants and enlble:
than to tails up more Of the other kind:
of food III L given time than they would
or could otherwise do.
:. Sulphato Of ammonia may be applied
either az Il top dressing or it may bt
worked in the soil just previous to the
seeding OF d crop. 1t is usually applied
at tho rate OF 100 to 125 pounds per acre
Many farmers mix the sulphate with
r three or four times its bulk Of loan IL
order to insure u more even distribution
Sulphate of ammonia is most largely
, employed ON grain crops. Progress
i i've farmers also use light dressings Of
the sulphate with fine effect on thei1
grass lands, not only after the growth il
: well started in the spring, but again aftel
s. lnswing Some farmers claim that i
pays to top dress mangolds and simila1
crops with sulphate. Messrs. Lanes ant
n Gilbert, i'll their famous field expert
u ments, proved the efficiency of sulphat'
Of ammonia as an adjunct of slow acting
manures and in inviting plants to utiliz'
= quickly and more fully the manure
within their reach. Their most note
worthy results were gained when tn
" sulphate was applied to land that ha'
III been previously enriched for severa
years by the accumulation of minera
and other manuring. Their largest crop
C. were obtained when mineral and nitro
genized manures were employed to
r., gether.