The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-06
GAS 7 ORA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
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EOW HUGE FERTILIZER TO
APPLY.

The question. How much fertilizer
should be used per acre?' canno: be an.
swered definitely. but only III general
way. 1t is sometimes put IN this torn.
may be applied pc: acre? Neither can
the question IL, TIE amended +v:,:i &c
exactly ard accurately answered. The
soil, it's character, condition, preparation,
ETC. may ht vel; known. or comfortable
factors, but xe know not what the sea
sons may be, says Hon. r. J. Rcdding.
Director Georgia Experiment Station. De
part1nent of Agriculture IN the Virginia
Carolina Fertilize" Almanac.
Ne know that some crops Will bear
larger amounts Of fertilizers with reason
able assurance ot profitable returns than
may be expected of other soils. = crop
that occupies the soil from the fall season
until spring. or early summer. will bear
heavier iertiliZing than vii! crop that
is planted in the spring and ripens for
harvest in midsummer. The first case IS
illustrated by oats. wheat. or other small
grain. or grass. especially when soWn il?
the fall OF the year. Such crop occu-
pies the soil during the late fall and win
ter. and carly sDrirs-d9rinS which Pc
r!c,!s the rains are usually abundant
Very carly summer, before the burning
summer heat and possible drouths OF
June and July. Oats and wheat therefore
are ideal crops for liberal fertiliZinS.
corn IS ralnST an uncertain crop Oh lie
ordinary Cry up!ands OF the South. Il
has but short period in which to devel-
oD its fowcrs-tasSelS and SilkS-cover-
ing but a few days. II very dry weather
shall prevail when this critical period is
approaching, and for some time after it
is passed, the crops may prove a greater
or less failure. There can be no second
effor.. no second period Of blooming.
Il is different in the case Of cotton,
which commences to bloom and make
fruit IL June {or even e<.rller) and con-
tin:Ics throughout the summer until
checked by severe frost in November.
It has .. number % chances
Cotton is therefore another ideal crop
for lbcra! ferti!iEing. y small amount
OF fertilizers applied per acre will no
on its cost shan will larger amount.
TO illustrate: An application Of s. worth
Of fertilizer per acre may cause an in
creased yield Of cotton (at 10 cents per
pound OF the value Of Sc 70 s.. or profit
of go to co pr- cent. Gil its cost. have
frequently had such results. But it does
not follow that twice as heavy an apDli-
cation will produce twice as large re-
suits or that three times rs much would
cause three times rs great an increase
in the yield In other words. the rate
of increase in the yield oE cotton will
not be in proportion to the increase III
the amount Of fertilizers applied Two
dollars worth OF fertilizer per acre may
WELD 81! aincrcase ii the crop OF IS: but
IS &orth wouId not therefore bring an
increase OF SIS.
But careful observatio he's show: that
an application ot s. 10 S. worth OF fertil-
:zarS (Dro;,:iiy baiancc[D is q safe amount
10 Apply per Gc:.e on GOTTEN. Many farm
ers il Georgia have secured satisfactory
returns from IN application Of so much
as 500 pounds per acre.
7 tiiiai: coo pounds :. perfectly. safe limit
on t,DianG il i:::-iy good condition well
prccarad a:ri rr1reri- cultivated IL cot
fc:, t'ar caln. wnvd limit The amount
to - ; : - I,o::H::s Ea:r ccre OF old up
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