The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-20

produce better results. In fact. on most
SOILS deficient IN mineral fertility "a heavy
dressing OF stable manure will do harm
lalner imam good. unless phosphate and
potash are applied with IT, The straw will
grow coarce and heavy. Il will probably
Iall down, and viii be rusted more or
less, GiI tlc grain instead Of being plump
VIII be shrunken and of poor quantity.
Wherever grain Of any kind Is grown
some mineral fertilizer should be scwn
win H. The use OF the fertilizer will pay
ln the increased grain yield. and IL will
insure good grass and clover catch
after the grain is OF. This method OF us
ing mineral fertilizers VIII not exhaust
ianl- The clover restores 10 the soil part
or the heterogeneous fertility that the Grain
crop has taken from It. The eOmmorclaI
fertilizer. even when used al the rate OF
2lo or 20 pounds per acre keeps un the
supply OF mineral fertility. Ii Is better
10 apply these small amounts every time
grain crop Is grown than TO use min
efal fertilizers IN large amounts SO as TO
Keep the soil full OF this plant food for
years 10 come. Mineral mauures are so
liable 10 revert 10 insoluble forms that
tne RUE or applying little and often IS
best for them
on most heavy land phosphate is the
mineral that is most needed. ON sandy or
gravelly soils potash will do much good
while phosphate Will often give no return
whatever There are places. however,
whore an application OF available potash
Is beneficial on heavy soil. IL always is
with fruit crops, and frequently Is in grow
ing vegetables and grain. But wherever
either OF these manures is ~found to do
good they should be used in conjunction
with an the stable manure that can be
made. IL clover is sOwn with every grain
crop there must he "A large Increase in tho
amount OF feed for stock. especially If corn
follows when the clover has to he plowed
and rcsecded. Corn and clover VIII bring
farm M more quickly than anything
else. though they are both greatly helped
81 reinforced with mineral mauurcs TO as
sist their growth.
Wherever it is possible to do so. stable
manure should he purchased by every
farmer who aims to increase the fertility
of his soil. The horses kent at hotels in
small villages viii make several loads of
manure per year. Another source is the
village blacksmith shop, the manure from
this source being more valuable, because II
is mixed with the parings Of the hOofs of
horses, which are valuable fertilizer
when rotted down. Most of the stable ma
nure made in cities and large villages Is
contracted for i'm advance by market gard
eners and seedsmen But even here far
mers can occasionally pick up two or three
loads II they are Watchtul OF their chances.
In buying stable manure II affects the FER
tility of the land to which it is applied
for several years. II also helps to make
the applications of mineral fertilizers
more available. Ordinarily for example,
phosphate does little good on sandy soil.
But we have known phosphate TO give eN-
cellent results on such soil when II was
applied in connection with stable manure.
The sum of the matter is that reliance
on stable manure exclusively should never
be carried TO the point Whefe the idCk Oh
stable manure will decrease soil fertility.
Wherever both manuros are used they
should, so far as possible, be used togeth-
err so that each may supplement the de-
ficiencies Of the other. Such policy viii
pay in the immediate increase of crops.
but Il will pay still better in the increase
of soil fertility which is sure TO result
from such a policy. Fertility is worth
more than II used TO be, and each year
is likely to make Il worth more than II is
now. There are no longer any free home
steads of rich land to be given away in
the west. Fertile land there is now worth
nearly or quite as much as 1t h in the
eastern states though the market here
will always be best on account of the nu-
merous cities and villages which require
TO be supplied. Whoever puts what he
lind will makg a better investment than
he can MIKE In any nihnr. uUaW-