The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-23

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not as productive or profitable
as it used to be, and just - long
as you continue neglecting to
it, just SO long will its
condition become that much
worse. All! what does renovate
mean, Ell? I am not surprised
at your asking the question, tor
as long as your ..land remained
rich and fertile with plant food,
You never deemed it necessary
to commence renovating, but my
friend that time has gone, now
you will have to renovate it or be
content with little or no returns.
Oh! What will they do? Fer
tilizers will restore that wasted
vitality your crops have been
taking for years. It is to the
the plant what yeast" is to
f1our-it imparts strength, ener-
gy, and productiyeness which
you have wantonly exhausted, it
will recuperate the worn out tis-
sues of the land, and fertilizers
may well be termed the OASIS
OF AGRICULTURE.
What else? It will give you
back your social standing as .
wide-awake farmer, increase
your prestige in the community
as an "Up-to-date" farmer, re-
new your financial standing by
replentishing your bank account.
Advise you to use it? Certain
ly, sir, use fertilizer on all your
crops, use it plenty. It will re-
pay you in duplicate.
Oh! Where to buy? Why buy
from an up-to.date factory, one
that is equipped with the most
modern appliances, one %controll-
ed by intelligence and skill, back
ed with sufficient capital to buy
theirraw materials at the lowest
market price. Then your goods
will be in a first class mechanic
al condition, compounded intelli-
gently, sold to you cheaper, and
the guaranteed Analysis" all
right, and right here, bear in
mind if it were possible for ev-
cry cubic foot Of your soil to
to contain 1000 lbs Of nitrogen,
1000 lbs of potash and only 20
lbs phosphoric acid, that soil will
produce no more and no less, if
properly cultivated, than the pro-
portionate power of the phos-
phoric acid, the least of the three
mentioned, thus proving without
the smallest shadow Of doubt
that until you are thoroughly IA
miliar with the actual necessities
of the soil, a complete fertilizer
is the only economical article for
you to purchase, and Don't you
forget it."
How do know? The research
es made time and again, by the
agricultural chemists of the
country have demonstrated the
accuracy of the above statement
and when vow pit your little opin-
ion to the contrary you buck
against some of rhe brightest in
tellects in this advanced age Of
chemical science.
What! Want me to write more.
Eth? What's that you want :!
Write you some more? Say, ]
am not writing these articles for
fun. It is anything but fun to
answer the large number of let
tiers daily, while attending to the
thousand and one items incum-
bent, during the shipping season
at a plant Of 20, 900 tons capacity.
It is for your individual benefit
and profit, and if you don't avail
yourself of the excellent advice
given, you will realize too late
this fact: that instead of having
a farm running on a profitable
basis, it will be so naturally ex-
hausted, as to refure yielding
you anything.
What! Hadn't you better 70.
tate your crops, you say? Well
there is no objection to the rota.
ton of crops, and it is a charm
ing actually, which informs us
that with certain products under
cultivation they naturally draw
from the atmosphere all the Nj
trogen required. Granted they
do, what about the Phosphoric
Acid and Patash? Eth! You did
not think of that? My dear fell
low they are both as absolutely
necessary as the other, and you
wont find an agricultural chem
list in the country that will say to
the different. Another thing,
are you in a position to warrant
such a rotation? Can you afford
to leave your land idle or grow
crops for a few years which you
cannot handle at a profit? If so
go ahead, you will save nitrogen
certainly, but you will have to
buy Phosphoric Acid and Potash,
or your returns from Nitrogen
alone will be very small.
No sir. This question has
been fought out in every civilized
country under the sun, and to-
day chemical students, successful