Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-01-22
Otcro County
Farmers Institute.
,cOn,lnusd from Page Flvsl

adjourned Ia the evening session hour.
Mr.. Vandsnburg disagreed with Prof.
Griffith. saying he fa,ted his hogs-four
coca snug hogs sugar bssts- He
agreed with the previous speaker about
feeding cow, with bssts. especially the
value Of them when fed with alfalfa.
Mr.. Fenlason said year before last he
had four little shOats Of about so pounds
that he fed on eantaloupss until these
were gone and then fed sugar bss,s. and
they made good snug hogs. But he did
not know how many bss,s were fed. The
hogs weighed about 200 when killed
They were ahou. seven mon,hs old.
In answer 10 a question Prof. Ghffi,h
said an alfalfa crop took about two-thirds
Of lis value out the land. a grain efap TOOK
0Rs-half It's value, bat a 5ssi crop did no,
take any Of It's value away from the land.
TIE meeting then adjourned I'll evening.
The Evening Session.
In opening the evening ssssisn. which
was 70 be oeGup.sd with the subject Of
sugar bss;s, ths chairman said /, was TO
be an "sHPsfisHss mssiing." and no hoped
they would make IL intensely practical Il
remained w.sh the meeting 10 make Il so,
Em1ry Rssb had some hesitation about
orsnlng the talk On artificial fertilizers
and tho chance west 10 Prot. Griffith.
whose personal experience was too limit
cd % make . talk on. but he rseiIsi briefly
soma experiences carried on by the agri-
euiiuTis, al the college station.
Warren Binn told Of his use o! samples
of Armouf's fertilizer. lie had difficulty
in getting in tho fertilizer as no drill could
DC had suited 70 drilling u. But ha so~ed
II. 500 pounds TO tho acre. as directed.
SIDE by side with unteriiiised rows he
found smaller yield OF beats whore tho
fertilizer was used than whore Il was not
Bu. he found tho ier;iliEed bee.s li;,le
better in the sugar test
Mr.. NANNY spoke Of artificial fertilizers
as being too expensive for mos, crops
Our ground needed humus and |! you used
artificial fertilizers continuously !, became
too lumpy. Tho turning under Of green
crops was needful TO &C; tho humas.
whatever other fertilizer was used.
Emory Robb used 5000 lbs. Of artificial
fertilizer las, year. 900 lbs. To the acre in
one place in another 800 and in another
zoo. For tic first few weeks after the
bccis came up IL .as quite cvidcn, where
the fertilizer was used. In four to six
weeks more there WIS very little. appar.
en-, difference in growth. lie had field
tests made twice and the lcr,lliled bcc;s
showed tWo or three per cent Of sugar
over unicr,iliEcd. liu; in tile final test oi
tic crop there WAS i-io %! one per cen,
in favor ol the fertilizer. iiu, lie found
he had several hundred pounds more
bccts from the uuicriiliscd ground. bu,
the peculiarly oi the season made con.
clusiuns uncertain aud in ,lic face oi this
experience he was favorable TO CONNER
ical fertilizers. They mus, remember the
cost of barnyard fertilizer. in hauling.
fertilizer To the arcc would be as good
and as cheap as 5 or tons Of barnyard
manure. lie put ON the fertilizer with u
Moline drill. on top of the seed going
over the land four times. Answering a
question he said lie go, as good results
ON the 200 lb. ground as he did on the
500 ID. ground. 1t was evident, one could
use too much.
Mr.. NANNY said he mad seen it stated
in a bulletin that in al onion culture test
as good results were got from 500 lbs. Of
fertilizer as from any larger quantity that
could be used.
Warren Blinn said in North Carolina
where the land was exhausted the use of
fertilizer was rs nccdful rs seed itself.
But he learned there that artificial fertil-
izcr alone could not be used; every sort
of manure and garbage was used, in the
form of compost along with the CONNER
ical fertilizers. There was danger of u.s.
ing too much artificial fertilizer.
Prof. Griffith answering question said
the soil in the Pondre Valley. it was
agreed was rich enough in everything
bu, nitrogen. There the soil was rich in
potash. 1t might he different at this
part of the state. The applying of fer-
tilizers was an art in itself.
Mr.. Burrell used samples of the Armour
fertilizers sent him on beets and canta-
loupes anddistributed samples ofitamong
local growers. He got good results on
cantaloupcs, as also did Mr.. Wiley. The
soil did not bake around the fertillzcd
plants; they were strong and deep green
Those unfertilized turned a sicky yellow.
He began picking three weeks earlier
from the fertilized ground. But he add
ed. the fertilizer which gave such good
results on cantaloupes was labeled for
sugar beets, while that sent him for can't
aloupes gave no result.
Mr.. Winterhalter said it required
the experience of several years to learn
what there was in fertilizers and what a
particular soil called Tor. He advocated
getting the pure chemicals instead Of
the mixed compositions. But there must