The Jasper news., 1905-11-30
COHAERCIAL FERTILIZER.
Concluded from Fago .

aud " Vhere grcAt difficulty is found in
making clover stick, 1906 pounds Of
I bone and 90 pounds Of muriate Of pot
ash or acre will not only be very bene-
| fetal and profitable to the wheat, but
will usually insure good stand Of
| clover. Oitcntimes this difficulty can
be over come hy tho application Of
| lime, and II n limOkiln 10 in the neigh.
! borhood or IL it is eonVeniept ~ burn
limo, apply Al she raIs OF Abuut 80
bushels per acre and plosgh uuder,
SOW TO wheat, and the following spring
SOW in clover, with the re5uIs that sIs
fule the clover will sIick.
Corn and clover are both heavy pot
ssh feeders. WheA., oats, timothy aud
tlssgsass srs light potash feeders,
while wheat is particularly helped by
the application Of phosphorus. Wbi.e
rs | sold before there il 20 way 30 got
phosphorus aud potash without buying
sh-m. practically speaking, nors or
lees Of these Ingredients nave BEEN
washed down into the suhsoil beyond
the rHaCh OF the roots II she corn,
wheat etc. BY growing clover on this
land 4 very oeep rooted plaintiffs
lost potash especially, and more or iess
o Of the pnosp phoric acid, Is broushs 10
j. tho surface sud made available iOE the
o crops .hl. follow .hr clover.
p Ills dac5 rla clover gstasr niEsozsl
froa Shove; p7.,h and pbosl lAorio
d ac.d from h-'av, Md increase the pro
a urtiyen--4 - .ho surface soil in three
?. o. th,so portrait ir ;rsdien;s OF plant
70, food.
ID The Sael5y e51nty farmer can voIl
, atofd 20 boy aIi toe phosphoric acid
a gha! h,- g'aus' need, rnd thls he can
u dr:rrm,l- - actual Ui', provided h.
-. will add nitrogen 81 his soil 10 large
h. quia;,rs gh5oush the means ssosdy
. 20 iutrG olT - previous articles,
", sra oisrl ,.Eed Tor fertilizers ss
~. p-clsHy .a,l.rl to grass, Tho bcs
.,t grass isrtiiiz,r is barnysrd MANURE
spread 90 Ill. urlacc Tbs ue1. bes
Is 80 te,d ra,t.s corn aud coltonsce,
nIcal and les Ihr,a manure the surface
When neither Of ih-so sources is avail
able, ) ,op drc.,is2 Of - 10 100 pound
h. % pure rar bone meal will be fcuE,
Y, hs!pill and not especially expensive
"a Un,s will however, bs neither as help
:. tgi nor "a chesp - harnyarI mauuu
~. or she feeding Of tine csGtle,
Nv We are often asked II one has to koeI
u, up ID" application ot commercial ier
.- tIrscrs when he nee begins it, and il
b, answer to this question will say thn
d, commercial fertilizer IS in no sense
OF .imulaut, tat IL = plain simple plan
h i'od ia = somewhat more concentrates
!, iotn Shan we are accustomed to think
uv ing Of it s1d than il occurs in the soil
Ga. Thus, IL IL not any morn necessary &
s.. keep up the use or commercial iertil
for zcr WHEN ono has once begun IT than
o.. g. to keep up the feeding Of a steer cor
Dy or a mau bread. Commercial fertilizer
10 themselves have no GCle.eriuu5 elIec
rn She soil whatever, To rnly upo
au commercial fertilizers sntiro.y aud :
continue to cultivate the land vithou
any rotation Of crops aud without SO
~ ding any baguyard manure, will rasuI
10 a dehe.o1cy Of humus, %. yeleiobl
ia matter, caunet be Supplied by tlo con
lacreial fertilizer. This condition
u1ctbe iagltof tte coulmer1.a. f.rtlise