The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-25
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. APRIL 25 1895.

ed TO cotton cuiture--never. such being
the case, the next best thing he can ana
must do, is to so adapt himself to exist
Ing conditions as 20 be able 20 raise cot
ton at a profit regardless OF price, or
rather in spite of low prices To do this
necessltates the planting of cotton on our
very best lands, fertb,izing them intelli-
gently. and making bales per acre instead
of taking acres TO make a bale Ferti-
lizers pay best on our very richest lands.
One might as we'll undertake 10 dip the
Atlantic into the Pacific with teaspoon
as to try 10 enrich land and at the same
time gather profitable crops by the an
nual application of 200 pounds OF low-grade
fertilizer per acre. In the realms of med
icine homeopathic doses, may be quite
popular, but when Il comes to food wheth-
er of the human race, of animals or plants.
it becomes quite another matter; homoeo-
pathic doses are no longer admissible. A
mistake that our brother farmers very
readily fall into Is in the imagining that
because land makes by its own unaided
fertility bale, bale and half or pos
sibly two bales per acre, that such land
needs no feltilizer, and that fertilizers
will not pay on such land, when the fact
of the matter is that on such lands the
yield could often times be very readily
doubled by the application of less than $40
worth of fertilizers. 4 al
These lands already make an excess of
weed, hence no nitrogenous fertilizers are
necessary. Phosphates and potash are
what such soils need. Not less than FROM
SEQ 20 1000 pounds of phosphate and lC0
pounds of muriate of potash 20 be applied
per acre broadcast. We are well apprised
of the fast that many will think this Is
pretty liberal manuring. and hardly jas
tilted by the present extremely low prices
obtained, but, as previously stated, right
there is where the mistake comes in. If
the yield can be doubled by the above APP
plication, and we are satisfied from actual
experience that it can, sall other influence
ing or controlling factors being favorable,
it stands to reason that this method, in
stead of being ,wasteful or extravagant,
is the most economical as well as the most
intelligent method that can be pursued.
BY 1t the soil is supplied with the exact
elements that are lacking, while nothing
is purchased or applied that is not need
cd This is the very acme of scientific as
well as economical fertilization. BY this
method We have increased the yield in one
season and by one single application from
1000 pounds of seed cotton to three bales
per acre. To prevent any misunderstood
ing, we wish the fact to be borne in mind
that we are speaking now of lands that
are already good, naturally so. j. e., lands
that make an excess of weed or stalk
growth but do not fruit in proportion to
size of stalk, nor ripen all the fruit they
do put on. On poor land L. e., land max
ing about one-third bale per acre, 400 to
500 pounds of a complete fertilizer, one
containing not less than 6 per cent. of
| potash is little enough In every instance.
and under any and all circumstances, we
prefer to broadcast all fertilizers. thus ef-
fectually guarding against the evil effects
of drought 7.ttf