The gold leaf., 1894-12-20


day, fed a certain COW at the State Fair
of 1894, consisted of the following
amounts
Nitro Phos Pot
gen. Acid ash.
81 lbs sweetpotato vines .I239 --
20 lbs corn fodder tiield curetl) 1889 or O57
lbs cotton seed meal ..252S Hoo 0:O
lbs wheat bran. ............1s92 .c0G3 OS
Total. ....-. ..................71s 71ss .36e5 Is5
Used by the cow estimated
at 70 per cent? ....-...-.....143S .O719 .O39
Excreted for plant food ..-..-..575 1910 .I56
Taking the trade values of these
adopted by this station for 1894: > cents
per pound for potash and phosphoric
acid and nitrogen, 1S.3 cents, gives the
following value for the plant food resi-
due of the above ration:
b75 pounds nitrogen q Is. cents 10 465 cents
.1o8 pounds potash q cents --..--. $50 cents
Total valuation on....................126 70 6s5 cents
Hero is n saving of l2l1 cents per day
from the original ration, costing -
cents, to be used in increasing the farm
crops, provided none of it is lost.
Losses of nitrogen occur very easily.
Just ut the point, where the eXcrement
is voided, 25 to 60 per cent of it is re-
turned to the atmosphere unless es-
pecial care is taken to fix it by use of
dry fresh soil or large amounts of gyp-
sum. No homeopathic doses can pre-
vent the losses. Dry soil is best when
freely used, because cheapest and more
likely to be used in quantity to accom-
plish the object
Suppose the loss to be so per cent. of
nitrogen cents per milch cow per day.
This saved or even half-saved will pay
high wages to the man in charge of a
herd yyhn IL hy-L Laanirr
tity OF fresh soil or gypsum on hand for
it. Gypsum has an effect of its own on
sou and crops by adding lime where de-
ficient, which can be help toward re-
turning its cost where used.
This station has long used acid phos-
phate and kainit in equal parts by
weight behind the cows to help save
the nitrogen. Half a pound to three
fourths of Il pound, per day and COW is
sprinkled down after the stable is
cleaned, so as to begin action on any
F. E. Emery, Agricultural, n. C. Exper-
iment Station.
North Carolina Weather During Oct. 81.
The North Carolina State Weather
Service issues the following advanced
summary of the weather for October
1894. as compared with the correspond
ing month OF previous years
rEMPERATURE.-The mean tempera-
ture for the month was 59.S degrees,
which is 0.1 deg. above the normal.
The highest monthly mean was 65.9
degrees at Newbcrn: the lowest month
ly mean was 5l.a at Highlands. The
highest temperature was 30 degrees on
the 1st at Southern Pines the lowest
was "a on the 18th at Bakersville and
Highlands. The warmest October dur
ing the past twenty years occurred in
1881, mean 66.4 degs. the coldest in
1878, mean 55.S.
PRECIPITATION. - Average for the
month $50 inches which is 1.S4 inches
above the normal. The greatest amount
was GAS inches at Fair Bluff; least l. 9S
at Bakersville. The wettest October
oeeurred in 1887. average precipitation
D. 72; the driest in 1892 average O92
Misunderstanding direction north
east, which is the normal direction.
Average hourly velocity So miles
Highest velocity 60 miles per hour from
the southwest on the 10th at Hatteras.
MIsCkLLANEoUs.-Nu of clear
days, 10, partly cloudy 5, cloudy, num-
Der Of rainy days I. Dates of thunder
storms Sd, 9th, IL. 18th. 26th. 27th, 2sth,
soth; hail 9th a7th; the first light frost
OF the season occurred at Waynesville
on the 5th: killing frosts occurred from
the 18th to 10th at most stations except
near the coast
The cyclone of Oct. Sth to 9th caused
heavy rains, and flooding of low lands
in central and eastern part of state
Flowsring Bulbs In North Carolina.
The Experiment Station is investigat-
ing the question whether Towering
eulbs for commercial purposes can be
successfully grown in this state bul-