The Meeker herald., 1898-05-28
rer.,illi.s Materials

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Acid phosphate is the basis oe the
phosphortc acid in practically all fac
tory mixed fertilizers. It il . fossil
bone. found In South Carolina, Florida
and Tennessee, which is ground to .
ane powder and mixed with sulphuric
acid In order to make its phosphoric
acid more easily soluble. The northern
marksts are supplied chiefly from Bal
timore. where 1t may be bought at
prices ranging from $1,000 per ton for
single sack lots down to $3.50 per ton
in carloads in bulk. for . grade anAly-
sing II per cent soluble phosDhorie
aeid. n the experiments made at the
Ohio experiment station, pound OF,
available phosphoric acid in acid phos-'
phate has apparently been a. effective
N = pound of phosphoric acid in.
boss.
Tankage is made at all the great,
slaughterhouses. It contains both
Dhosphoric acid and ammonia, and is.
variable in quality. Different grades
are classed at and 36, 7 and 80, 8 and
20. and 20. etc., meaning that they
contain per cent ammonia and IS per
cent bone phosphate, or per cent am
mona AMI 80 per cent bone phosphate,
etc., the term bone phosphate meaning
that combination of phosphoric acid
and lime which is found In bone, and
of which about 46 per cent IL phos-
phoric acid. The lower grades shade
on below into raw bone. which might
Be called and so tankage and above
into dried blood, which contains 10 to
II per cent ammonia, with or per
acid.
A z and 30 tankage has been sold in
Cleveland for several years at the uni
form price Of ST per ton. in single
sacks or carloads. The latest quota
tions in Chicago range from $3.50 per
ton for 6 and 35 tankage up to $3.50
for 3 and 20 tankage, this being the
standard grade.
Muriate Of potash is product OF the
stassfurt mines in Germany, and Its
sale is controlled by German syndi-
cate. 1t may be bought in New York
or Cleveland at about 2 to ~ cents
per pound. Both acid phosphate and
tankage are fine, dry meals. in perfect
condition to be used in the fertilizer
drill, and mixing them does not alter
their condition. Muriate Of potash re-
sembles common salt in appsArance.
except that 1t is usually somewhat yel-
lowish In color. In its commercial con-
dition it is about half actual potash.
No Necessary Exhaustion.-We hear
q ho, "a ~
the fertility of the soil. We are told
that men settled in such Or such .
state, and in the course Of . gensr-
alton the soils became exhausted and
the people had to seek new lands that
would give harvests such - thAV nsed
to reap. This exhaustion 10 now known
to bs entirely unnecessary. ISnoyNAca.
and that alone, was the cause. II 1t
were true that the land 10 necsasaFily
impoverished by tillASe. then the
world would look forward to . time
when all Of the fertility would have
been burned up by chemical processes
o. Withdrawn from the soil and cast
into the sea or dissipatsd into tbs cir.
The world would then bs appsoanhlng
a famine without possibility of relied.
AMI the whole globe must in time b.
come q desert without life. But this
y not the fact. Nature has buildsd
her domain so wisely that the fsstility
Will remain forever, II man bst learns
how to treat his heritage
Keep Only Good Cows-Make 1t rule
in your herd that no COW can sAAy In
1t unless she can make 1000 pounds Of
| milk year and milk good enough to
make over 200 pounds OF battsr. Find
this out with a pair Of scales costing Is
cents and Babcock machine costing
IS. These two little mAehines will
save you more money than . missrly
disposition. They will put you on an
intelligent business basis and make Q
arst-class merchant dairyman Of you.
Get one Of the boys 10 start this meth
Cd Of testing the cows and see how IN
tersstsd he will become in II. This
u the only way to make . thorough
bred dairyman Of him and teach hin
how to make money with osws.-A.