The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-31
Stats Agricultural G8ilsEe N8fSs.
,NllS,hSHEi.ial tcAEtiliy1 ~ - + S u,

Odf last Legislative Bassed i fertilizer
I'm Nh;Gh weut ;nfH SIfr1t bleeetiilief
=, ~ NJ i w, 'e.tsirIl II H. a.lI, 4.
last year t;, aflId nov governs the saie q
comnGFGlal, tillzefs -, this state The
law provides, thai, manufacturers ana
dealers, iii CONNER tial, lettilizefs Of any
kind, the price Of WHICH. exceeds, $40 per
package or,.bae sold Of the quantity of
valuable fertilizing; ingredients, contained
in the fertilizer, and shall ALSO. take out
Il license for the sale of the goods III the
state The passage of the law places
Wisconsin in line with all older set
tlct; suites liz the Union, which have had
similar fertilizer laws in force for u
number Of years. The purpose OF the
law is to PrStett both farmers and repu-
hs see had fssss3a s1s assf 81
carload 9f i, ,s6ailsd Sp Pla fer
tlllzer was sold ~ the CITY, af Madlsoll
20 eo aesler ISWs Seats ago' IN ,Mils
found on analysis that rs materlal ;
Wnlch had peel' coptEactfd tor az go1l
piice, ana 1or ,W4lgni . heaHJ lielsn.
as i'' mich s ' fertity ' rs ' would i be paq in
a siihi'"i Weight u SUI iionA I'LL ordinary
neio .,,, . .,,.x+ +:,,,<, .,,,n, , >x;.,o,,s;,,
fa nge ha s9rt tune na sthee Of rvian
guano from q engage nr'ni paying a at
t the rate OF ~ ton for It.: Inc fer tt.,.
of nur o "~ +;iaa,,t s+a+; 80 amd xaS found
70 bo o, sS;spt,hnt in,sos t., fsrt;;v;n ;u~ro.
;,'ts t.t, .ai., ,'t.,.I .ri.as h1,rns,r
" e .sam ;,i gtat 4ta+ ths fart tint
tho sai3ia faff;1isiba ;i,arm,;et+s 1,onrht
at ret a n tbH f htjA ~ Nrijda t,,aterinls
Would i.os 81 ,h6;,t ~ =. th;,' !. r.! 4bare
wos M nrsr,.harern ' Of YEARLY 1nO ner
fent fHf IFS liafarini cnllei Pernvian
guanij: whiGIi WaS b6t eIano Mt ali and
nhat;i: r6Gk EfHt,HH hi f;bs
ThS HSS1 hrSIbS}ibj htth IN fatt,,nrs
and r. ed Gaa * VIZ asS,tfas{,1ya and
haudio bSba.f ;;aS %G s thoFafSrs aSi,,ant
and tliia s. Wh9f Smr sf;itS feffiiizer law
offefs: tfhStS dtS nm twenty: eight
states in the tjn iS ai whose statute
books fsftillizet Avs viii bS f6and.
~ ~ sa'e ~ IKE Meis rvr,zuls :,
f %erf &ast S $st4 ts 5asS " f Tse
small sna stafe ct Eoa9esticyt alone, only
one- d $S73 hh Ege as sc4nsln; eN
RSnds $1Doooo eXefy fSaf TOR tertlilz ., s:
Inc farmers 1rMl!-gr2Wers anq marker
g ga y. n III q Hew 1oFk pay out me sum
OF =; Sott G!, ailhuaiiy tor fertilizers,
zach vea "a Nnf4h III $41K NJ a, tI' nth
e er Ea str a stateg He,,ne
nearer home we have statistics from In
diana showing an aggregate annual sale
OF fcrtilizefs amounting to over 81 .O00,-
600: 1t is estimated that over $780,
000,OOO worth of commercial fertilizers
are sold ANNUALLY Ii the United States.
CUinihtrEial. fertilizers have been 50
far sold only Id limited quantities. in this
state, the market gartieiiefs, florists and
dollhouse growers being about the only
have had the beneft Of rich virgin In soils
in which fertility has been stored up
during centuries, htd while the decrease
in yields fr6ill tie title the settlers first
broke the sod in many cases is very
markell, the supply of fertilizing ingredi-
cnts in the $751; Is stu eften sufficient
for the nt6dtittiSn sc faif crops:
It is: also kn6Wii that at}iffal husbahdfy
iii which the ,fertilizing ifiatefialS void
cafe f}tily sifxfd Altd pitt bNGk oil. tho land
is not as exhjtsttTb IF the st,il fertility
as grain fariniiig. Large u|ialltities OF
food ,stuffs are furthermbfe ;i}nia lIv
brought into the state for the feeding of
our dairy COWS and 6thef farm animals
The fertility contained III piilrchased
foods goes iaraely into fh t ,n sc
nure Of the animals and is .put back on
the. laid, THUS maiitaifiing this in a good
state Of fertility. g.,
Advantage 81 Daily of Stock rarmiiing.-
The Hairy farmer or stock raiser Who
carefully saves the manure Of the farm
animals will therefore be able to kee,
up the fertility Of his land for lone
time without purchasing Artificial fer.
tilizerk. provided the land is not too poo1
tt staft With: bit tic furmef trneticins
intensive farming. WIS sells 1arye crons
tenn OF farming that .exhausts the fer
t'llty Of the Soil iii q s]tlgle,. direction
needs TO apply special fertilizers in order
= :? Maintaih the productive capacity OF