The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-07

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It may seem out Of season TO call
the attention OF faFmerl to making
preparations for their wheat and rye
crops by judiefously pufchaslng ~,
tilfzers and getting them mixed .tog.
the time when neede5 SRt g never
pays to put OF buying tsftiliEers until
the last few days before seeding ana
then hurrfedly buy any brand the deal
er has in stock regardless OF the KING
OF plant food most needed The VIII
ter has been managing large farm tof
several years and has always made
practice of buying fertfIizing materials
some time before they, are needed and
mixing them in the proportion which
hns been found to be best suited to the
needs of the crop that is to be sown-
Ask your neighbors IL they Intend to
order fertilizers for this fail. and those
who do should cooperate and bug
their fertilizers to the best advantage
and have all shipped by the fertilizer
company to one place. thus reducing
che cost of handling and freight.
II you buy fertilizers already mixed,
Investigation shows that you pay the
fertilizer company on an average OF
SIS a ton for mixing and bagging. A
party OF farmers IN any community
can buy the separate Ingredients used
in making complete fertilizers and mix
them themselves and save from IS TO
$40 per ton depending on the quantity
OF the different ingredients ordered.
The writer has found thata ton of fer
tiIizer, containing four different In
gradients, can be mixed thoroughly
and sacked by two mon in two hours
time without OVerexerting themselves,
Counting labor at 15c per hour II thus
costs coo per ton to mix and bag ton
OF fertilizer with four different ingre-
dents, on the farm. Would IL not pay
you more per hour than any other
work you may be doing at that time?
But there is a more Important consld-
Grafton, which is. that you know the
source from which the plant food In
the ingredients came from; for there
Is n great difference in the values of
plant food from different sources.
To prepare hOme-mixed fertilizer,
all that is needed Is square pointed
shovel and a wood frame, 5x21z feet,
covered with wire screen OF BIG TO
u inch mesh, and a tight floor. Spread
the different ingredients on the floor
in even layers, spreading one upon the
other Begin at one end OF the pile
and, cutting down through the layers
with your shovel, throw 1t through the
screen. The particles Chat are too
large to pass through the screen
should be crushed with tamper. Re
shovel the materials back through the
screen two or three times, after which
IL will have been mixed sufficiently to
begin sacking
Materials TO Use.
AS to the materials to use. the fol
lowing are recommended as the most
desirable ones to the market:
Steamed bone-meal containing % to
Is per cent phosphoric acid and IA
to 2 per cent ammonia; acid phos-
plate containing II to IL per cent
phosphoric acid; nitrate of soda CON
tanning Is per cent ammoniai muriate
of potash containing so per cent pot
ash. Steamed bone-meal is a valua-
BILE ingredient on account OF the good
effects from its use on the clover crop.
Formulas For Mixing.
To get best results liberal applica-
tons of fertilizers should be made.
Many farmers, thinking they are econ
omizing, use too small amounts of fer
tilizers per acre to get the greatest
net returns.
The following mixture will give ex'
cellent results for wheat. The mate
rails are generally put up in 125-lb.
sacks, and II all the materials are in
125-lb. sacks they may be mixed as
follows:
sacks Of a IA per cent acid phos-
plate, s76 lbs.
6 sacks of steamed bone-meal TAO lbs.
/ sack of muriate OF potash, 125 lbs.
sacks OF nitrate of soda, $50 lbs.
This mixture analyses about 3-15-3,
costing $1,000 per ton mixed and sack
ed ready to use. Another good mix
ture can be made up OF the following
materials:
IL sacks of 1G per cent acid phos
plate, 1900 lbs.
IL sacks of muriate OF potash, 1917
2h sacks of nitrate of soda. s121s 1bn
This mixture Analyses 2.s-19-4.6 and
costs $24.2O per ton mixed and sacked
ready to use.
The Ohio Agricultural Experiment
station has shown by their expert
ments with fertilizers (Bulletin No.
14D that it is not only possible to mix
fertilizers at home at a saving In cost.
but that the home mixtures give
larger Increase in yield OF crops than
factory brands Of the same analysis.
For any further information on this
subject address the College Of Agrt-
culture, Morgantown, w. Va.
Revision Of Treaty
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