The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-04

ing new in this. Suoh informot'|
has been given to the public q ~
many times and in different wsr.
the agricultural papers, books
other publications. There il
reason why farmers should
charged SO for what ia in al
twenty page pamphlet under Il
guise of something new, when al
can obtain the same and mora irs
nation on the subject of fertiI,z.'
their sources, and uses for diffa,,
crops, in the best agricultural bos|
for 81, and from the Departmer.
Agriculture-in it's bulletins and
orrespOndence-withoU5 cost,
The materials employed in the Till
Process, with the exception of 81
which is not valuable as plant fo
are the same as those used bv fer.
ger manufacturers and farmers
making and mixing fertilizers :.
there is nothing new in the 80 call
'Lipps' Process OF mixing and ON
posting that will add value to tha
The small quantities employed m,
them cost the farmer more shan
he bought in larger quantities IN
regular manufacturers and dealer
fertilizers and fertilizer materib
KNOWS WHAT THE ''sECRET PROCESS
These statements were mace Al
thought and consideration, viii
included the careful reading
study of the Lipps' Formula and
directions for making the comDo
I can therefore say in answer to-
question of the Observers cd
spondent that I know what tia
called ''secret process is, unla.
changes with the seasons or
moon, in which case I have Ii
not yet seen all of it's phases.
I have had a large number oil
tiers from farmers during the
on the subject of the Lipps' Forn
and some Of these have oontd
not only the names, but the amot
of the several materials ~enteringA
the compost, which Mr.. Lipps cid
to be better than any other
equal TO the high grade fertih
usually put on the market, and
only costs four TO five dollars
ton. These materials, (withoutt
ing exact weights) are mainly hn
yard manure and rich dirt, ID
phosphate, muriate of potash, nits
of soda, sulphate of ammonia, JIM
and common salt.
THE VALUE Oh THE INCREDIBLY
The first two OF these mater
manure and rich dirt-aEe the
er's own, and he knows what @
will do toward increasing the ys
of his crops whether used alone
in combination with other and md
concentrated fertilizer constitCsa
Acid phosphate, nitrate of soda, %
phate of ammonia, and murista
potash are sold on the market
such and are used by all fertilig
manufacturer in making the vario
mixed fertilizers that are used
such large amounts by our fsrmsn
Quick lime and common salt wei
formerly much used in compqs
but they are seldom so emplqsds
the present time, as their aCHsl
the compost heap is not considS'
to be sufficiently beneficial TO JuSp
the expense and labor in puip
them in. Salt is not of itself p
food, and lime used in compost1s
in contact with acid phosphate
manure does more harm than 81
Lime and salt are not used assp
by fertilizer manufacturers. Hp
were they would not increase
valuations put on fertilizers y
come under the head of what .
correspondent calls filler, WIN
when used in it's proper sense
condemn as strongly as he does
THE FILLER MATTER.
The term filler, as used by y
missioner of Agriculture Q. b.
ems, of Georgia, whom the
spondent quotes, comprises all
is in a fertilizer outside of phospg
acid, potash, and ammonia,
are the constituents in fertiD
that give to them their v
Measuring the fertilizer made D
| Linus' Formula by this standsrs