The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-14

G anu evenly as possible. ANY time in
sue OF l"o or three weeks AS the soil
10 pc ~ condition 20 pillow. the manure
--l--W may he covered by TWO burrows
lare for planting.
II 10 The Phosphate and ashes is added
=" pounds of ground rawh1ne. The appl5-
.a.-'n OF fertllity viii be greatly en-
haHced, OF course. II DEPENDS tnon The
sIYlS 10 oe grown how liberal The manur-
-i7 tau % AFFORDED To raise scent cot
Ton or scent oats. or -l-cent corn on our
average soils there could he hut Tt-Ie
GEAR profit made from such an apuI.-
la''oH As general thing. hut for certain
vegetable crops and others. Ike cscar
,opSl'co. mat promises a possible profit
Oh 20 or more Per acre. such am appIs-a-
ION may he regarded as very reasonable.
ms would be hardly any thing 20 our
fuckers and market gardeners work ng
I'D the vicinity of our cities or large towns.
either north or south
IN recommending hull ashes as source
Vi potash we are mindful of the fact
'Hat the tendencies OF the times Will
uUt ldNor their continued production The
nIiiS are in such demand for stock food
now tand this is likely 10 continue, their
cons uInption as fuel by the mills is quite
.iN+lN 10 cease except perhaps i'm some
ISOLATED instances. These ashes where
IIocuranle at a reasonable price afforded
ne very nest source Of potash possible
Tor the southern farmer. II their prodtc-
uon Is stopped he Will have to go back
10 the German potash salts for his SUD
liy after e&haustIns his own small pro-
uuCuon OF wood ashes. Somehow though
we cannot avoid the conviction that q
great deal of money has been thrown
away on the use of the common grades
i. OF THESE salts-the kainit especially. OF
.ueSe German salts the muriate prOha b1v
Is me most desirable. The price OF the
several Grades is regulated or should
ne py their contents OF potash Taking
me country over no element Of fertility
mas heen used to so little actual profit
a9 potash. For one who has positively
seen profit in its use a dozen probably
nave failed to see any advantage from
us use in the form of these salts. It's
need Is indicated in many instances es-
peclally on sandy soils.
men this is the case we would rather
P@S cents pound for potash in huh
asnes man cents for that in kainit.
On worn soils phosphorus acid rarely
rams 10 make good show for its apDlf-
cduon, but for MANY years we have
lell that we came nearer getting "tbe
money worth of it when obts fred
through the medium of ground raw bone
man IN any other form. Where This ma
ilaI is used nitrogen is also supplied
ma where only phosphoric acid is want
ed and for immediate effect il can he
mad in no better form than through the
Hleclum OF dissolved bone black. but The
chlei reliance of southern farmers for
many years has been on the acid pbos-
phate-dissolved South Carolina rock-to
furnish phosphoric acid. OF the latter
mat material contains about y per cent.
OF the soluble and reverted phosphorus
acid. Dissolved bone black contains usu-
any ABOUT II per cent. of the same one
beauty OF hull ashes consists in the
TACT that a tirst-class quality of the ash
constitutes more complete mineral fer
ullzer than the ash Of any other organic
matter. Containing on an average % per
cent. potash, it has also nearly 9 per cen.
of phosphoric acid