Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-11-12

ESaQScAe ana Sl.NitdS troubles.
the light Of practical experience ON the
farm are less inclined To be dogmatic about
it than years ago. Believers in free crit
icism, but only when in search of
truth. for truths value we shall accept ii
from all quarters and directed to all quar-
tiers that concerns these columns when the
end is solely for the good OF agriculture or
when il Is likely 70 achieve good
1t is we'll known that in the belief 81 the
writer station workers dogmatize too
much on the really unknown. With the
writer of the following article we hope
that these public servants will recast their
basis of manure valuation, says the Mir
ror and Farmer and then apponds this
communication. signed Andrew H. Ward g.;
In the report tS92l of feeding expert
ments with milch cows at the MaSSa
chuscttS agricultural experiment station
there is given list Of the fodder articles
used with an analysis of their fcrtilizing
constituents and their manurial value,
based on nitrogen at - cents, phoSphoric
acid at > = cents, and potassium oxide at
/ 4 cents Il pound
The station trade values of tcrliliZing
ingredients in raw materials and chemi-
Gals CS92) is for organic nitrogen in
coarse fish scrap : cents per pound phos-
phoric acid in coarse bone and tankagc }
cents pound, and potash as muriate ( =
cents pound. il must be understood that
these are trade value prices which aIe
more than 20 per cent. above the markt I
prices.
What good reason can be given for the
excessive prices AZ which the tcrtilizing
constituents oi the fodder articles are cal
culatcd: 1t certainly cannot he claimed
that nitrogen in the raw material of bran
manure is of Il higher value than the nj
trogen in fish scraps. Estimating nitro
gen as worth Is cents pound when il
can he obtained in the much better form
of nitrate OF potash, II soluble salt ut Z
cents IA pound which contains lil2 per
cent of nitrogen and 45 per cent. Of pot
ash, tn" cost Of nitrogen is found to he I
cents Il pound and potash az cents a
pound in combination. But in the form
of nitrate of soda a soluble salt at cents
Il pound which contains IL per cent. Of nj
trogcn and 81 per cent. Of soda, the cost
of nitrogen is found to be Il cents "A pound
and the soda 3 cents pound in comhina
ti0n. Nitrogen in the form of nitrate of
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