The herald., 1896-09-26
pay for the nitrogen, an element which
he does not need at first

pay for the nitrogen, an element which
he does not need at first.
In regard to the form of phosphoric
acid, the learned professor Is as far off
as he was when he said that beets could
not be raised on alkali lands at Chino.
We would respectfully refer him to
the latest Massachusetts, Bulletin on
the value of phosphates in bone meal or
IL he will come down to Southern Cali
fornia we will show him where phos-
pilates from bone meal and superphos-
pilates have been used side and side and
see II he can tell which is which.
The fast is, that phosphates for quick
growing crops; that is, crops that ma
ture in from three to six months, should
be fed on superphosphates or bone made
into floats. at cost Of from eight to
eight and one-haf cents per pound for
phosphoric acid, whereas crops that are
growing every day in the year. like cit
rus fruits, do exactly as well on medi-
I'm bone meal, at q cost of five to five
and one-half cents per pound for the
phosphoric acid. These are facts that
Prof Hilgard should have discovered for
the people instead of having the peo-
pie teach him. Is Prof. Hilgard paid for
learning or teaching?
The report goes on to say:
In conclusion I cannot but reiterate
my recommendation to farmers to adapt
to the special requirements of their
crops and lands by the use of the sepa-
rate ingredients of commercial fertiliz-
ers, rather than by the purchase Of
ready-made mixtures Unfortunately
recommended by manufacturers. To
do so will involve the use OF brain work
in the study of the principles of fertiliza-
ton, but is certain to result in material
saving Of outlay for the purchase Of un-
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Europe or in the east, where the lands
have been subjected to all-around de-
pletion by centuries OF culture. In our
fresh, or relatively fresh. lands surplus
of one or more ingredients over those ex-
listing in the smallest amount, may al
most always be expected; and to in
crease the surplus by further addition of
the same ingredients IL sheer waste
Sound economy requires that only what
is needful should be used; but those in
doubt, and having surplus of this
worlds goods. and indisposition to use
their brains, may of course continue in
the beaten track. 7"
Here is gratuitous insinuation
against both the manufacturers of feltil-
izers and the successful rancher; that
the manufacturer is trying to sell the
rancher something that he does not need
and that the rancher Is fool with his
money soon parted. If Prof. Hilgard
had one particle OF common sense he
would know that the interests of the
manufacturer of fertilizers and the
rancher Carlo be segregated. but are
identical, and that upon the success OF
the rancher depends the success of the
fertilizer manufacturer.
II Prof. Hilgard would pay some little
attention to what is going on at
hcme. insist that the fertilizer manufac
turers or dealers deliver the quality OF
goods that they pretend to deliver. or In
other words come down to a practical
basis, have law passed regulating the
manufacture and sale of fertilizers,
show people how they can grow better
crops, how to keep down scale and other
pests, stop sending around press fixer
to bolster up his tottering and worth
less record, instead of wasting his time
over the soils of Montana, Washington,
the east, Germany and the Hawaiian is
lands. etc. we might get some results
that might help the struggling ranchers
Of our state.