Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-04-11
FsRTlLizlHo The CROP.

Tho primary object IN using fertilizer
y TO. Produce = larger yield os the crop
that - 20 be Immediately grown, or IS
already growing. or the land to which
the fertilizer f. 70 10 applied. As rule.
II contains from ten 10 sixteen Per cent.
q moro Or lcss promptly available plant
FOOD. In otscr words. a con- rncrclal fer
tilizer contains IN every hundred pounds
weight from % 20 Is pounds os available
phosphoric acid. either alone. or that
amount Of phlsrhoric acid and potash
combined. or OF these two and nitrogen
combined. making in the latter case, what
Is called complete fertilizer Now,
ms 10 70 rs pounds in each 100 pounds
should be. practically soluble and avail
able at once, or within a week or two,
for the use OF the crop. says Virginia.
Carolina Fertilizer Almanac.
The remaining portion OF the fertilizer.
or the = to 80 pounds IN each 100 pounds.
Is n mixture OF insuluble phosphate and
eulphate OF lime. some sand. water. or
sanic matter and other things that are
necessarily incident to the manufacture.
ana annoy be economically removed.
They are 81 very little immediate value
70 either the crop or tho soil.
SO when we apply n hlgh-grade fertii-
fzer 10 tho soil tho object is To supply
the plants with soluble plant food and
increase the yield Of the cotton. grain,
grass, or whatever the crop NAV be
incidentally. however, this fertilizer does
help the land. because II induces a larger
growth or stalk. roots and foliage OF tho
plants-or those parts that will be re-
turned to. and become part OF the soil.
A dose OF this fertilizer. FOR instance.
not only increases tho yield OF seed cot
ton. but also the size OF the stalks,
the foliage. hulls and other parts that
80 Immediately back and form a part OF
the soil In the shape Of humus (decayed
vegetable matter1. But the principal way
to improve the soil itself. is TO add vege-
table matter TO II IN the form OF stable
manure, renovating crops, rotation Of
crops. etc. in a more direct manner.
II would seem manifest, then, II we
wish to Increase the yield Of corn. cotton
wheat, oats. grass, etc, that the fertilizer
should contain the three "elements' of
plant food in the PROPORTIONS that are
pest suited to the particular crop. This
is particularly true IL the purpose Is 10
lise liberal amounts Of fertilizer per acre
In such case the deficient supply, In tho
natural soil, OF any one or more Of the
three valuable" elements (phosphoric
acid. nitrogen and potash) need not be
specially considered
According to carefully conducted field
experiments, conducted at many Of the
experiment stations, It has been found
that cotton requires a fertilizer that con-
tains about one part each OF nitrogen and
potash and Is parts OF available phos-
phoric acid. This demand would be met
by fertilizer containing 10 per cent.
available phosphoric acid, per cent OF
nitrogen and } per cent. OF potash; or.
rs ordinarily expressed, W-S-3 fertilizer.
One analyzing 9-2I0-l.7O; or 80 40-2 40:
Wei, provided these lower grades be up
Piled In heavier quantities
50 II has been found that corn, sugar
cane, sorghum. grasses and other crops
pelohslns TO the grass family respond
best to a fertilizer that shall contain 10
parts OF phosphoric acid. parts of nitro
gen ana parts OF potash or n 1854
fertilizer. The following formulas are
In precisely tho same proportions- only
they are OF lower grade, and would give
practically the same results only when a
eorrespondingiy larger application shall
s-@-L6o; or T-350-llO. AMI SO on. OF
course, these lower grades can be sold
at lower prices than the high grades;
put. as rule. the farmer VIII md IL
more economical to buy the high grades,
both on account OF their cheaper price
per unit and also the saving OF freight
the latter being precisely the same, per
ton. for both high and loS grades.
APPLYING FERTILIZER WHEN
PLANTING
While II is certainly true, in our ex.
perience. that the greater part OF the fer
tllizer should be applied about two weeks
before the crop Is TO be planted, well
and bedded on. there are circumstance
that would justify a farmer in making
one or more intercultursi applications,
Including one at the actual date OF plant.
Ing. The following are such circumstan-
ceS.
% When farmer has not been able
~. - SECURE the WnoIe amount or his FER
tillzers before Planting time.
Cd When he concludes, after his crop
mas been planted and Is growing, that
ne DID not buy and apply as much as he
should have done before planting.
cd When the yellowish green color and
want OF vfgor In the appearance OF the
plants indicate that more nitrogen Is
needed by the crop.
We believe 1t may be safely accented
as q general rule that a small portion
OF virginia Carolina Fertilizer should bo
applied with. or near the seed at the
Tune or planting. The effect OF this small
Application Is to supply the young plants
with available food during the first stage
OF their growth. inducing prompt and
vigorous development For this purpose
~ 70 80 pounds per acre may be applied
OF the same fertilizer that had been bed
GEO on Two weeks before planting. 4
a second application OF high grade fer
tilizers may be made at the second or
third blowing OF cotton. or at six or eight
inches height OF the plants up to IS inch
es, or the middle to last OF May, and tho
middle TO last of June.
the interculturai applications NAV ba
made In the siding furrow. or the fer
ttzer may be strewn along in the middIes
anead or the plow or cultivator. There
Is no need to fear that the plants viii
not get the benefit OF a high-grade fer
tilizer IL put anyhere. on or between the
rows June 18th is the latest date al
Wnicn the writer has ever applied fer
tilizer In this way TO either corn or cot
Ton, Though there Is little reason to
douot mat even later applications would
benent the crop; but probably not enough
70 pay the cost OF the fertilizer.