The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-02-15
WIEN FERTILIZERS sReUID Dc
APPLIED.

As a general rple. which has but few
ssceBstcns- the greater pxr< az the fss-
NtsEsr SHOULD ce apf5se1 - the SSH be-
aaye planting the crNs IL 10 intended "a
MnefL 1hE yEls Is ret cnis IN accSfd
gEh theovNkicAl eaasfder@csRa bet IA also
ahRr8antiy sustained In actual practice.
- sa0Sa by carefully conSacted reAa ex-
sgtns4uks Instituted fer sfs express pur-
400 CT 2scSFtAfrifiS Ire tfntA. SAYS Hon.
& J. Rssiding. niFect9F GsacsxfA Expert
nett Station. tS~EAgtnaest o. Agriculture.
2 Virginia Carolina Fertilizer Almanac.
The thRary HiassrSyarx tbs rate b the
fact that nast 81 tho sngreaients csyapos-
sEg a COMMERCIAL ferEsalxer are not ina
zfeSiA;ely soluble and avAagIeae. hut mass
arScsEo certain chemical changes la TIA
@sAi ssfuFs sezs pisnt Feed ~lfl be tn the
sTepTf CONDITION 20 be taken 10 BY the
ssoss q iiss plants This Is ~psrttcassrsy
srce IN regard 10 salts a. potash. ard IN
less degree To acid phosphate. IL ~ q
f2rts alSA, tAat sarne foxrss .af potash,
tatssty kaErs. cause cAomtcai changes
- t4r sssdssaon q the plant food already
pressHHt IN n satl Whereby she before In
Seish9s s<sd r~eassNatlshfe Fians food al
Feasy N the sciLt hSwag1es available.
TEa organic substances which are large
" USED To b make up Of commercial
fertilizers Tor the purpose ot supplying
&Aif0Eon 10 TIE TfaGtS-SGeh as cotton
zssa meal, dried blood. asa scraa' tank.
aaA etc. also require tasse In whAsh 10
EftAeggo chemical decomposition An& such
change Of form as wila enable the roots
70 SppEo@sSse the niErogen, Esen sai-
3skts u a~rsraoasA, a higAlg sciusie elacmi-
sal sNl, which sometimes enters Into
THE compositions Of . fertiitacr In a very
limited arzsn@1L razsst undergo d cosnglete
cngfnsbai decomposition In the soil before
Ine pants can make any Use Of tire nitro
gen whsca IL contains In the form Of
sz.lphaseL This mast he con-
80 TtFat tepfgA mira IA g.v Nktwasa - AK-s% ~
Nitrate OF scwsa is the one chemical
fsr1iiSscr salt that Is Immediately avail
asles Producing a very prompt effect when
AppiAed 70 a growing crop tand IL should
se applied 40 rome othsrA
Acid phosphate ard pSatasA may be APP
n3ses TO the soii ard hesidei on from two
stx weeks before planting sime. 10
Is claimed by some experts that potash
salts may be applied with better results
syen several months before planting A
prscsieal ard convenient rule, how
ever ~ % Apply a complete fertilizer
from enc to three weeks before planting
TIE crop when the latter Is q corn, cot
tobacco. or ether surnr1eF-Ercwins
crop always taking cara to mix the fer~
tsstzer thoroughly with the soil OF the
ard then listing, or throwing
twp burrows on 81.
Experiments on the farm OF the GeorSla
Experiment Statlca. projected for the
purpose OF comparing On the one hand
effectiveness OF o complete fertilizer
Appaed " weeks before Planting, and,
m the other hand, tire effectiveness OF
TIE me quantity u the same fertilizer
applied Ia the furrows with the seed.
followed by an unexpected ana sur
srssinx res1is--vfx, the cotton seeds plant.
ID on the RSsts IN which the fertilizer
weeks before, came up quicker and gave
\ more uniform stand ne more y,irnrn,s