The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-31
or THE ALABAMA roLxTEonMc rssrI rurE.

|, to apply part of the nitrogen requlreo at the seeding of the crop (say oniy such part as will be supplied In dress ing of bone meaD and then Tn the spring after the crop has started U grow freely apply dressing or one hundred pounds of nitrate of soda per acre. The most important thing m Ter tilizing wheat crop is to supply an abundance of phosphoric acid. IT the land is lacking in tins element, then at least three hundred pounds of acid phosphate, or, better still, half acir phosphate and half bone meal should be applied per acre and be well work ed into the soil
 Whilst 1t is important to get growth well started before winter sets in. yet it Is equally important not to SOW so soon as to incur risk of damage from the fly. Wheat sown before frost has been felt is almost certain to be in1ur- ed by the fly, especially in sections where the fly has been troublesome in the past.
 ManuriaI value of Cotton Seed Meal. pr. George S. Traps, Texas Experi-
 ment Station.
 In discussing the ways in which the value of cotton products may be util- ized to the utmost, the value of the manure from animals fed on cotton seed meal must not be neglected. though 1t Is too often disregarded.
 In more Northern States. cotton seed meal is purchased for feeding with the full knowledge that 1t has high ma nurial value. Hence the manure from 1t Is saved very carefully, and the feeder obtains double use; first as 8 feeding stun, then as a manure. He aax <hA- tt price than many of his Southern broth CTS, who realize only on the feeding value of this product. The purchase of concentrated feeding stuffs, with careful saving of manure, is as recog- nized means of adding fertility to the soil as the purchase of fertilizers. Hand in hand with 1t goes the growth of lesuminous crops, cowpeas, clover. alfalfa, vetches, etc., which take up nitrogen from the air, are fed to the animal, and, in the form of manure go to the soil to- increase its content of nitrogen.
 The plant food in an average ton of cotton seed meal is estimated to be worth $23.70. Only a comparatively small part of this Is retained in the animal. with a liberal allowance, the value of the excreta, solid and liquid, would be $20 for each ton of cotton seed meal fed. The weight would of course be considerably more than a ton. since a large amount of water is present, besides the residues of the hulls or other roughage fed along with the meal.
 There are certain unavoidable losses connected with the collection and preservation of manure, but the ma- nure from a ton of cotton seed meal should be worth at least $10 to $15. properly cared for. In a great many cases. however, only small part of the manurial value of the meal is re- alized. The liquid manure is lost, the solid manure is exposed to the rains until the most valuable portions are wasted out of 1t; in such cases only g. small part of the manurial value of the meal is realized.
 It is well to understand that when cotton seed meal is fed. its value does not end; that the manure from 1t too often despised, neglected, or improp- erly cared for, makes up a consider able part of it's value; and that those who take advantage of both Its feed ing value and it's manurial value, so far as is possible, can afford to pay d better price for 1t than those who utilize only its feeding value.