The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-23
WHY NOT HOLD TT HERE:
Major w. e.. WILDLY Talks About the
Nnf Coz afa,r

gress will meet in Parkersburg w. Va,
and there is no reason why the meeting
of the congress in 1895 should not be held
Major w. G. .Whidby yesterday.
The national farmers congress is the
largest and most influential organization
in this country. 1t is not sectional, but
deals exclusively with national questions
which affect agricultural interests. The
meetings bring together some of the best
men from their respective states. Hon. b.
L. Crayton. the president of Iowa, Was
born III Kentucky, and, although one of
the largest land owners in the west, d
warm friend of the south
Colonel George NJ. Ryals, of Savannah,
Ga, is the genial and popular, vice pres-
dent. Colonel John NJ. Stanl editor of The
Farmers Call, of Chicago, is the suave and
irrepressible secretary. Among the mem
attention than Colonel Daniel &. Needham,
president of the New England Agricultural
Society. Magnetic, eloquent and logical, he
is a power in any gathering.
ITO bring the members of such an i'm
portant and potential organization here can
not fail to be beneficial to us, and advan-
tageous to them They will see us face
to face. and as we are. They will see what
our section is capable of producing, and
realize that they are among friends ana
Not a day should be lost in the effort
to induce the members of the congress to
visit us and enjoy a Georgia welcome, as
emphasized b. Atlanta Let us have the
national farmers congress meet here in
1885"
Rules for Supplying Plant Food.
In a general way, the following rules may
der ordinary conditions.
Reclaimed low Land, rich in vegetable
matter, islikely to be rich in nitrogen, but
deficient in phosphoric acid.
Where crops make a small growth in leaf
or stalk, under otherwise favorable condi-
tons, nitrogen is likely to be deficient in
the soil A large yield of plump, bright
Straw or stalks would indicate an album
a = no
AS a rule, plants of the greatest leaf de-
velopment require the most potash.
Farm manureS that have been we'll cared
for contain about twice as much nitrogen
as phoSphortc acid and, consequently, land
that has received recent liberal applications
OF barn manureS is not likely to be deli
Cient in nitrogen.
High grade fertilizers generally give more
plant food for their cost than those of low
grades.
Pure Stadium nitrate (Chile saltpeter) in
100 pounds contains l6.5 pounds of nitrogen.
Pure ammonium sulphate in 100 pounds con-
tains 2l2 pounds of nitrogen.
Pure chloride or mufiate of potash in 100
pounds contains $50 pounds of actual pot
ash.
Kainit should contain in 100 pounds about
l2.d pounds of potash.
The best results from sodium nitrate are
secured by frequent applications of small
amounts on the growing crops as a top
dressing.
The New Orleans Crop statement.
NEW ORLEANS, April 2o.Crop state
ment from September LIST to April 10th, in
elusive Port receipts ssh 052 bales, against
469llO0 last year, and 1851 ,l36 year before
last; overland to mills and Canada 703, 75S,
against 7SS1o5 and 1,155, 1913; interior stocks
in excess since September $3.50, against
I3J,8B and 255,526; southern mill takings
5N623, against 6Si and 500,779 crop
brought into sight during 232 days to date
IW29lo against 6,20S,7S5 and S56S,6i4; crop
brought into sight for the week 57,05,
$sainst 42;S13 for the seven days. ending
April Goth last year, and 599 for the same
time year before last; crop brought into
'ght for the first twenty days Of April 16l,
) tt against 1&&,SSo and 1856.
! Comparisons IN these reports are made up
/ 70 the corresponding date last year, and
before and not to the close of the corre-
spending week. Comparisons by weeks
would take in 2$3 days of the season last
year and 2S5 days year before last, against
OnlY 232 DAYS THIS Near