The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-04-07

q va.Jh tEes f47G Im g-oat-ttr uaa.l
50 rs suuls til s!aa1 sso4 taat ~,
clover especially eds aa3. ,aFuu.a sts
a.d sex back to .ar SOL. tte Ga4as th.s
hnl .odtel i 81 tara1Eh sn alUl. oas
Esc 81 l.nc Clever as We have ltsa
said Nil get yua the n3ts1gtn trrr. 1at
( cauDut set from ter a8s The phaeuAor.
ACID tAat his been taSr4 0y ln thv
ers otoIs anI in TIL homes ~ rya-y
animal raised ea t4e l.eI il Naul1 uut
restor, thr potash tAa, tAc Ume h.ll..3
you 10 St out 81 t4e lanI ,asisr than
IA the ordinary cours. 4 Wa4-3 haN-
been tyall.5le Whore Hmlrs ha+
brought 4toU, t4ls state ot affairs WNsev
humuS has been us,4 ap teo.u t.e aeI
.ud drought Affects y, more s.na4tly. 4ul
clover j. starving for I'll fool { u,,ds.
the enly resource il ll rstafn Is argu-
cal means ,he saat faaa THAT HISS ut,a
t@I>u aw..y. The gram crops are smaller
by reason 81 TINS IaeA thr clover fAIls
or n.tA, j fecble growth. ana thc manure
pile is less through the lack ot The ea-
9acity cf the fagm for feeding stovh
The true VS. to g.t haek 80 thc orisls
an II oductNe conditions is not by tuN-
ing a conn lctc ierlll1cr 10 dress Tho
wheat fields III niggardly Way. ana then
take it All on in the grain crop but
the true ana business like Way h. 10
feed the clover with N,hat il need, aul
then lel the clover 10 thp rest Il Nill
dc it most cff,cmally too has Ions
been the opinion OF scIcDllu- workers
that phosphoric acid must lt lu an aNatt.
able form when placed ii the aon, hcHc"
the use Of the dissolved rock since the
larger part OF its pAosphoril acid ia uJ
( l.5s. "a, s.. t..
unlimited quantities 70 a wheat crop Is
undoubtedly helps the wheat, and IS used
| UP III the helping. clover Is usually
sown on wheat III the priag n tho
! clover growing sections of tn country.
! and after the wheat Is cut il feels the
/ lack OF what the wheat has used up,
/ and sometimes fails as suel as harvest
! is over and il is exposed 10 the sun in "a
weakened condition. The part Of wisdom
I then would be to put Che phosphortc acid
4 there il more liberal manner and
part OF it, AT least, II the insolubie form
i Of pulveri2ed phosphate rock or floats.
i which will gradually come into use after
the wheat IS made. Then not only the
! clover. but the wheat, needs potash 10
enable II 10 10 its best. ANA IN sach
soils as I have been describing the Iot-
! ash. too has bacn largely drawn uHon Ay
the Use OF l'mc In some parts OF NarE-
land and Delaware the farmers have
come 10 the conclusion that acid pho@-
+ phata alone IS needed on their soils EA-
I periments at the Delaware station
showed that thcre would be a large gain
by adding some potash to the acid phos-
phatc II is all we'll enough TO depend
or the clover when il is grown sue
cossfully for the supply Of nitro-a but
in order that it may DO this II must
have an abundance Of The mineral plant
food It needs Therefore. while fair crof 81
may be made on ccrta.a good "hoai
soils win an application of acid phos-
phate alone the wheat, ana especially
the clover. would be largely helped by
I tie addition Of potash tc the fertilizer
+ one never need be afraid of loss with
these materials. as - mGg w"ll aa !n
regard TO nitrogen. for the soil viii hold
on to them till some plants call for them
A couple Of hundrcd pounds o. acid rhos-
pAate may make better wheat crop
Continued or Second pdgc)