The Colfax chronicle., 1904-06-11
FARMER AND PLANTER.
PROFITABLE FERTILIzING.
Some Hints I'm Regard to Balancing
Up the Ordinary Manures For
Best Results.

Manure from all the domestic AMI
mails, including fowl, contains an ex-
cess Of nitrogen. Nitrogen is the most
costly element of fertility and potash
and phosphoric acid are the cheaper
elements. Hence, by adding to said
manures sufficiency of the latter ele-
ments to procure a proper balance, a
great saving can be effected. This
saving is such that no farmer should
invest red penny for ready-mixed
goods until all of said manures have
first been properly balanced and ap-
piled.
Horse and COW manures are the prin-
cipal manures of the farm, and corn
and cotton are the principal spring
crops, of the south at least.
Under average conditions, fertil-
izer for corn should contain, according
to formula in Farmers Guide" 2 per
cent. nitrogen, per cent. potash and s
per cent phosphoric acid.
According to the same authority, a
ton of 1000 pounds of horse manure
contains 10 pounds of nitrogen, 10
pounds of potash and 5 pounds of phos-
phoric acid.
In order to bring a ton to the above
formula, 2-7-6, it will be necessary to
add 25 pounds each of potash and
l,H1 ri
pounds of muriate of potash, or 200
pounds of kainit in lieu of the muriate
of potash. For phosphoric acid add
200 pounds of acid phosphate. When
kainit is used, the balancing dose will
be 400 pounds for each ton of manure
which will increase the manure to e.
400 pounds. This quantity of bal
anced manure is equivalent in agricul-
tural value to 5000 pounds unbal-
anced manure.
According to formula in said work
(Farmers' Guide), fertilizer for cot
ton should, under average condition,
contain per cent. nitrogen. per cent.
actual potash, and per cent availa-
BILE phosphoric acid.
In order to bring a ton of stable
manure to the above formula e., A, g.
| it will be necessary to add pounds
of muriate of potash or 2S pounds OF
kainit in lieu of the muriate Of potash
and 155 pounds acid phosphate.
According to data in Principles oi
Profitable Farming, ton OF COW ma
nure contains 6.S pounds of nitrogen
8 pounds of potash and 80 pounds oi
phosphoric acid.
In order to bring a ton of this ma
nure to the above formula for corr
e, z, 81, it will be necessary to add
80 pounds of muriate of potash or 12s
pounds of kainit in lieu of the potash
and 125 pounds of acid phosphate.
In order to bring COW manure to the
above formula g, 4, 81, it will be
| necessary to add to each ton 4 pound!
of muriate of potash or 16 pounds o.
kainit in lieu of the muriate of pot
| ash, and 10 pounds of acid phosphate
| From the foregoing it is apparen
that, as a general thing, each crop re
l cpCSlai Ouioi-NC. fANiSS e<A'
fallacy of applying ready-mixed goods
indiscriminately, as is frequently done
to any and all crops.
| We will take as a sample, cow ma
nure balanced for cotton. Before bal
/ ancing, a ton contains total OF 1
| pounds of plant food. After balancin,
it contains total of "a pounds, dis
tributed as follows:
68 pounds nitrogen.
90 2-3 pounds potash.
1871 1-3 pounds phosphoric acid.
(In order to avoid tedious fractions,
combine decimal and vulgar fractions.
We wish to procure number tha
6.S will contain three times. w
therefore divide 68 by and procur
90 2-3. We will now divide 6.S, 80 2
and 1871 1-3 by % 2-3. We procur
As a result 3, 4, 8, which is positiv
proof that the balanced manure con
tains the elements of plant food Il
proper proportion.
In the same way the correctness o
the remaining balancing dose can b
proven, all being based on the sam
general principle.-Bryan Tyson, Il
Southern Cultivator.