The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-02
About Stone Meal Manure,
(Land un Observation-Disclosures RundSchua
Nov IL. 1881

[Land un MISREPRESENTATION Rundschua
Nov IL. 1881
A short time ago we published an ar-
ticle on the experiments with the new
stone-meal fertilizer we also gave space
to an objective presentation as to the
causes which make stOne-lneal suitable
for a manure. The new fertilizer and its
discoverer have suffered severe investa-
tons 1t may, therefore, interest our
readers to see report from our neigh
borhood as to some trials made Of it.
We have received the following:
Sometime ago a burgomaster of the
neighborhood called our attention to the
splendid stand OF grain manurcd with
stone-meal on the ''Stenheimer Hof," Oh
the estates of the Grand Duke of Luxem-
burg. company of gentleman who
take an earnest interest in this matter
Chemist, DR.. Ebel, teacher Eeisenkop(, and
the landed proprietor, Loeiilot de Mars,
from Wiesbaden; Director Spiethof, edi-
tor OF the Pionier, from Berlin Mr.. Forke,
of Eltville, and DR.. Dietrich and DR.. Brock
hues, from Oberwallauf in a Whitsdntide
excursion verified these statements be-
yond all expectations. In spite OF the
great drought the rye on 1Sh acres of
ground had stout stalks and long thick
ears, and the tenant, Mr.. He'll, told US
that little more than 5 cwt. to the acre,
altogether 100 cwt., had been used. Just
as luxuriant with dark green stalks and
leaves stood the oats, II acres, right by
the highway. This piece of ground had
not had any stable manure for many
years, and had only received 20 cwt. OF
stone-meal with an addition of 6 cwt. of
iron Stag The comparison with neigh
boring fields which had been we'll cult
waited but differently MANFRED, was very
mach in favor of the manuring with
stone-meal. Just as striking as was the
success of Mr.. Forke on his rye, oats and
clover, it was on his fruit trees and grape
vines. We would only mention that a
clover field OF which one-half had been
manured with stable manure and the
other half with stOne-meal showed q
dense growth of clover on the latter half,
while the former half showed many weeds
| but hardly any clover. A cherry tree
and a tree with Gravenstine apples,
which for many years had yielded no
fruit worth speaking of, this year, after
| having been well supplied with stone-meal
are covered over and over with fruit.
| A neighboring farmer told him, on see
| ing his fine oats, "Here we can see clearly
| how your manure acts; it could not
stand better if you had put on 60 cart
| loads of stable manure per acre, which
would have cost $125.OO to $4,000 per
| acre.
The condition of the grape-vines after
repeated manuring with stone-meal was
on comparison with other grape-vincs
found to be excellent, but we shall return
to particulars, as with the rye and oats
at the time of harvest. We invite thu
farmers of the neighborhood to max
their comparisons and:to convince them
selves of the solid results of manurine
with stone meal. This possesses tn
quality of vigorously nourishing the plants an
making them strong to resist Jfrosts and drouh
The aforementioned gentlemen will bea
record as to whether Hensel is really tn
"false prophet" that he has been repre-
sented to be.
To Director Spiethnff this investigating
committee, in which he took part. wa
the more wished for, as the Pionier ha
first called attention to the scientls
Hensel, and had also been the first t
communicate last year, the astonlshn
results in the Agricultural School
Oranienburg.