The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-02-28
RALEIGH, N. G., FEBRUARY %. 1899.

clover, COW peas, beans, vetches, ETC..
that draw the needed nitrogen from the
air and consequently do not need
direct application of nitrogen to the
soil. Hence, if plants of said family
be properly supplies with phosphoric
acid and potash, very rank growth
can be supplied.
will state here that phosphoric acid
is usually supplied by acid phosphate.
known to the farmers as 'acid," that
kainit, muriate or sulphate of potash
supplies the potash, and that nitrate OF
soda (Chili saltpetre) is the most con-
venient form for nitrogen. Kainit
contains about II per cent. OF potash
and about 33 per cent. of chlorine
common salD, which is of value in
retaining moisture.
Muriate and sulphate of potash con,
tain each about 80 per can't. of potash
and can be proftably employed in lieu
of kRinit, where freight is an obj9c
Now if heavy crop of clover or
COW peas be turned under, at maturitV,
a bountiful supply of nitrogen will be
returned to the soil, and any crop re
quiring a perfect fertilizer, such as
} corn, wheat, etc will thrive we'll after
, them without the application of any
, nitrogen, Whatever to the soil. In this
, case the nitrogen, which costs about
J three times as much as either of the
t other two elements, will be virtually
} grown.
> PROOF THAT NITROGEN CAN BE vIR'
= TUALLY GROWN
''The day will come, if it is not al
t ready here, when no farmer can aft ord
. to buy nitrogen as q fertilizer. He
: must raise it as he does other crops, by
means of clover, COW peas and other
, legumes. Norman Robinson, in The
Progressive Farmer of Jane z n, 1898
q Prof. Robinson was formerly State
Chemist of Florida.
!, Artificial fertilizers in the hands o
q an intelligent planter will not be used
merely to obtain a single crop. Every
o thing should be directed with reference
Q to permanent soil Improvement.
y ''AIl progressive agricultural au
!. thorities are now urging the use o
p clover, cow peas and other simila
q Ieguminous crops, heavily tertilizsd
when necessary, with potash and solu
If BILE phosphates, as the only practica
: plan of securing simultaneous soil AM
r crop Improvement" Norman Robin
son, in The Progressive Farmer, Aug
n GIN, 1898
h ''The legumes (peas, clover, vetchee
II etc } draw nitrogen from the air AM
% potash and phosphoric acid from tn
- subsoil and store these elements up il
their leaves, stems and roots, an
when these decay in the soil this ferti
ity is put where succeeding crops ca
get it, and at the same time the resul
ing humus puts the soil in the fines
1e mechanical condition. u. Linn LadC
Bay City, Texas, in The Progressiv
Farmer Of May 10Th, 1898.
Mr.. Ladd is popular agriculture
writer and lie we'll known throughou
OE the Union to all readers of agriculture
- papers.
u I'VE have long been satisfied the
~ the farmers of the South can save ha
1e the cost of the fertiliz 9rs used and
r. the same time use more than they
now.
30 ''But instead of fpaying for 200 pounC
10 of a complete fertilizer and lose all IL
ED nitrogen in the first crop, you ca
% spend the same money for twice tt
" amount of phosphoric acid and potaf
er and have the satisfaction to know tn
ne these forms of plant food will stay
~ you till some plant calls for them. !"
W. F. Massey, Professor of Horticu
ture of the North Carolina Experimel
Station, in Texas Farmer, Oalla
We Texae), December 24ih, 1898.
ge According to the statements Of Pre-
do Massey, fully set forth in the abo'
A article, direct application of nttrog'
he TO q legume crop will be virtually lof
he 80 far as this crop is concerned.
ne I consider the above authoriti
to ample proof that nitrogen can be VI
tuallV grown. Much more could
ed said, were it deemed necessary.
J q BRYAN TYSON.
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