The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-01-26

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Kainit might be used instead of muriate of
potash, but it would take more to give the re-
ouisitc amount of potash and less fller to make
lp the ton. There is no difference in the value
OF potash derived from muriate and from
He stated that 900 brands of fertilizers are
sold i'm this State and only $500 derived from
licenses. Many of these brands are precisely the
same goods, but with different names to suit
different localities. He suggested a license fee
for each brand, as tending to simplify the mat
ter and better protect farmers.
In reply to a question DIR. O'Donnell said
available phosphoric acid derived from South
Carolina Rock is just as good as that derived
from raw bone, but the latter costs more than
the other 1t takes 500 lbs. of sulphurc acid
| to dissolve 900 lbs. of S. c. rock and about
| 600 lbs to dissolve 900 lbs of bone.
What effect has the sulphuric acid in dis
solved bone or rock upon the soil? Does it
| produce sorrel? were asked by E. A. Brown
| and others.
lied by the carbonate of lime in the soil and it
| could not produce sorrel, which contains oxalic
| not sulphlri.. acid. the only advantage of
| having the fertilizer in soluble condition is
| that it may be evenly spread.
| A Havlund Hull remarked there is an impress
| sion that dissolved South Carolina rock impov-
| erishes the soil.
| Dr. O'Uonnell said that the continued appli-
| cation of phosphate alone might exhaust the
| ammonia and potash in the soil and poor crops
| he the result, but that is not the elect of the
Mr.. VIM NJ. Edelin, wanted to know whether
the manufacturers of good commercial ferti-
| lizers use IL filler DR.. O'Donnell said it was
| chiefly used in cheap fertilizers.
| Questions were Showcred on the Professor
| who stood his ground and answered them salts.
| fnctorily HeSaid fine bone contains no potash
| that the phosphoric acid in bone is more soluble
than that i'll mineral phosphates, unless the lat
| ter be dissolved, when IL becomes more soluble
than the former.
Farmers can mix their own fertilizers but
they can not dissolve bone or rock. If potash
is desired for certain crop muriate is cheaper
than the sulphate of potash.
| HORTICULTURAL INTERESTS AND OPPORTUNI
| TIES.
| At one O'Clock a recess was taken. The con
| yeution assembled again shortly after two
| o'clock when Prof. James 3. Robinson, Pro
lessor of Botany at the College and Horticul
turist at the Experiment Station, delivered an
interesting address. spiced with little bits Of
| wit hlimor and eIoquence, upon H orticultura
Interests and Opportunities" Professor Rob
inson is himself u practical farmer and evident
ly knew what he was talking about. He frs
displayed n piece Of grapevine filled with
form Of insect life little Observation-Disclosures be
longing to the scale family, upon which ordi
| in Hartford another form OF insect life, abou
which little is known. This is an aphs, whIcl
| is beginning to infeSb strawberry plants, yer
benas asters and chrysanthemums, gathering
in mum bers at the roots and on the leaves anC
sucking the life out of the pl ants. They cal
be destroyed 10y dipping the plant in Il solution
| of "A lb. leaf tobacco to quart or boiling
water He also told of the spores of parasite
life which float in the air and obtaining lodg
ment ON grape vines, under certain condition
| of heat and moisture take root penetrate tn
body of the vine and live upon it while destroy
ing it. To remove the scale insect from crap
vines or roses Il wash can be used composed o
rosin 30 lbs, cuustic soda 8 lbs. fish oil ~
| pints and water enough to make 100 gallon:
| This for winter use, but i'll the spring the tree
can not stand so strong a mixture, and
should consist of rosin Is lbs. soda lbs, hs
oil 213 pints and water enough to make 10
gallons.
One pound of common potash dissolved in
; | gallon of water is excellent wash in til
! winter for the body and limbs OF apple tree
b destroying numberess insects and making tn
bark smooth and healthy.
Success in Horticulture, continued ProfeSso
/ Robinson, depends upon skill, location an
soil. Skill must assert itself all along the lint
BY skill the small fraction OF Virginia aroun
Norfolk produced in fruits and vegetable
last year, about So ZOO, 900, while the last Gel
sus report shows that the entire wheat crop 9
the Old Dominion was 100000 buShel
which at GO cents is less than was realized froI
the little territory around Norfolk. The app
f@een &C and for their
one year. One grower assorted 200 barrel
) shipped them to London and they Melted hir
80. II per barrel, clear.
One advantage of horticulture as compare
with staple farming is that it can have no me
. mace of oversupply. There can be no gaml
ling In its products.
TOMATO IS KING.
t Prof Robinson said that IN addressing Ha
Y ford county farmers last year he said no GRO
offered as largean expectation or profit as toni
toes, and he would say it again and prove i
An acre and a-half of tomatoes at the Colleg
began to ripen on the 29th of June, but ther
:. was no surplus to ship until the I'd of Angus
4 They were shipped by way of experiment,
. half bushel baskets, to various places. D.
: Quoting the cost of freight and baskets the NJ
q profit in each market was as follows: Bait
more and Washington, 10 cents per bushe
. | Wheeling 90 cents; Pittsburg SITS.
i They will be taken in any market from Bait
= more to Montreal, if you have skill to put the
on the market before the local supply come
n in. There is no limit to the demand, but the
O cannot be handled protitably over four mill
, from u railroad.
good fertilizer for tomatoes would be
II follows:
Dissolved South Carolina Rock. .....1 900 Id
| Dried Fish. ................... 300
N Nitrate OF Soda. .......-... $500. ZUO
Any farmer could mix these for himself al
800 lbs. per acre ought to bring good crop.
THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
, Prof. X. II. Alvey, of the College, said Pro
Sylvester had been asked to speak upon Schoo