The Port Gibson reveille., 1894-03-23
HOME AND FARM.
More Potash Needed.


|. Fodder crops, pasture grasses,
corn and hay all remove large amounts
Of potash from the soil.
?. The urine Of domestic animals con-
tains about Eour-6fths of the total pot
ash Of their excrements.
3. When urine is allowed to waste,
the manure is poor in potash.
A. When manures are exposed TO
rains much Of the potash, being soluble,
Is washed away.
8 Nearly all the special fertilizers
are rich in phosphorIc acid, and poor in
potash.
O. Superphosphates were the first
fertilizers TO come into general use a.
mong our farmers.
z. When the farmer buys fertilizer,
he still, nine times out Of ten, calls for
phosphate.
5. As q result. our soil is in need q
liberal applications Of potash.
3. In the case Of corn the need ofpot-
ash appears to be particularly promin-
ent.
10. For good crop ofcorn the fertiliz-
er used should supply 100 to 125 pounds
Of actual potash per acre; 200 to 250
pounds Of muriate Of potash or one ton
fifty bushels) Of good wood ashes viii
do this.
il. With ordinary stable manure it
will generally pay to use some potash
for corn. 125 to $50 pounds Of muri-
ate Of potash has given profitable re-
suits.
II. The liberal use Of potash means
more clover in our fields, more nitrogen
taken from the air, more milk In the
pai,a richer manure heap, and store
houses AMI barns full to overhowing.
Ii means also sod which when turned
under will help every other crop.
l3. For the potato crop the sulphate
appears to be much superior to the
muriate Of potash, promoting both yield
and quality IN much higher degree; 300
to 400 pounds Of high-grade sulphate
Of potash furnishes enough Of this ele-
mcnt.
For oats, rye aud grass, nitrate Of
soda applied just as the growth begins
In spring has proved very beneficial
800 to 400 pounds per acre should be
applied.-Prof w. 2. BROOKS, Massa-
thusetts Agricultural College.
Every Farmer Should Know
That If his farm is in a rundown
condition he should give his Immediate
attention to dalrying, because IN produc-
ing butter less Of the soil is removed.
That there should be a choice Of feeds,
and that none are better than bran,
middlings, linseed or cotton-seed meal.
A good winter ration may be composed
Of malt sprouts and middlings fed on
cut hay.
That it is bad policy TO allow the IL
quid manure to leach away from the
stable and barnyard,
That some good absorbent should be
used IN the COW stables to fix the am
monia in the liquid manure. Land plast-
en- is good.
That if it is possible, a water-tight
gutter should be built beneath the stable
floor to contain the liquid manures, from
the COW stables. An iron CRATE may be
built so that the hind feet of the cows
may stand upon it and through which
the droppings may fall into the gutter
which should be cleaned out as often as
once a week in summer and daily in
winter to prevent freezing.
That kindness IN the treatment Of
the dairy COW is dollars and cents to
the dairyman.
That is does not pay to feed two dairy
cows and gets a product in milk which |
should be received from one.
That winter dairying viii pay the
man who will give it his best attention,
but not otherwise.
That overcrowding the COWS in the |
stable is direct bld for tuberculosis
in the herd.
That there need be no fear Of over
production Of good butter.
That cows should have their feed re-
gularly three times day, and the morn
ing feed should be given early, as cows
are early risers.
That the dairyman who undertakes
to do without an ice-house is working
along wrong lines.
That while ensilage is a good kind Of
feed. it is not essential.
That the best butter is made from
cream ripened uniformly.
That it pays in marketing butter to
put 1t up in neat packages. Some peo-
pie are willing to pay for appearance in
butter as well as other things.
That the dairy COW is a machine cap
able Of the most wonderful results un-
der the right kind of care and feed
Home and Farm.
Don't Breed Scrubs.
To farmers who have common grade
mares, and who are looking around for
some cheap 6ye-dollar horse to take
them to, we would say, save the five |
dollars and don't breed them at all. |
There is no market for scrubs and new
er VIII be again IN tins country. So
sfon hrpedino them at onco and II will |