Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-01
WALIIALIIA, S. c.:
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER I, 1911
4 FEW EERTILlXIIH FACTS.
Tmr Folly of Buying Low Priced
Grades of Fertilizers.


GW. +. Massey. in Market Growers
IournalD
Some time ago took up the bulle-
lin OF the North Carolina Department
.oi Agriculture, giving the analysis Of
.tIe various fertilizer" sold in that
state. | counted over two hundred
brands, every one Of which had a
special fancy name, 4 special Tor to-
barCO, for potatoes. for wheat, for
OATS and every Imaginable crop, and
every one Of the more than two hun
frcd was the same identical thing.
Ev@ry one might have been sacked
tron the same pile, and every one Of
ihc,n was the low grade 2-S-2, IN
which every ton had at least 800
pnuudS OF sand or other worthless
Eininrial added to make the ton. The
manufacturers are not to blame, for
il is the fault Of the farmers who de-
sand a low-priccd fertilizer, thinking
iNat low price means cheapness
niicu in Il fertilizer it always means
,ayiUS high price for all that is of
,a!Gn III the article and then paying
iac sacking and frcighting a lot Of
worthless filler put in to make a low
grade article weigh a ton. The manu-
The same thing will be continued
till the farmers study what they need
~ fertilizer and buy 1t instead Of
hn.tUg by the fancy name. | have
fnOwn two farmers to argue for
huur$ rs to the merits Of two brands
~l fertilizer. not knowing that under
NihCCont names they were both using
too 91>nc thing.
|he oddcst thing is that farmers
pU%Gir over the per cent and think
iNFrt is something abStruSc about
Percentages. not understanding that
III percentage OF the different plant
tnndS N 4 Fertilizer simply means 50
NGaHy pounds in each 100 pounds of
thr material, and | have had to cx-
pI&ln hundreds Of times that acid
phosphate, for instance. rated nj lG
per cent. simply means that there is
800 pounds OF phosphoric acid in a
ION or 6 pounds in each 100 pounds,
aud that this 800 pounds was what
't'l.:y buy the ton for, and all that is
ni raluH in it. unless in some soils the
500 pounds Of lime Sulphate in il may
have some value.
in the low grade 2-S-2 fertilizer
tbcTc is but 2i0 pounds OF plant food
ana The buyer will have to freight
and pay for sacking about twice as
w93h rs | pay for a fertilizer | am
Rsn% that has lG0 pounds Of plant
fuod in a ton. 1t is the actual plant
i0od We are buying and paying for
ani We need not pay for freighting
!arEinG, etc. OF a lot OF material that
/: Us".@Ss in order to get what is OF
yai3p
TNen when YOU find on fertilizer
eli II, 4 = tr A.
~ amy low and higher figure OF any
inEfcdicnts. the lower figure is always
the correct one you may hc sure And
when YOU find printed on the sack a
l"t Of equal to this or that" drop all
these and simply see what percentage
0i niro&en. 9"ailablc phoSphorc acid
Ind potash ii contains, for these are
al Il does contain. The nitrogen in
&"uc states is given as ammonia be-
cd9Ho the figures look larger. for am
.!n"nla is only about ~ per ccnt nitro
Ei'Ih That is, ! per cent ammonia
would simply mean 0.S5 per cent nj
iruc"u, and > per cent ammonia
Hould mean that there is but "a
poundS Of nitrogen in the 1000
PoWnd ton.
HH'&achc, Iicadachr, Nervousness
and rheumatism, both in men and
woTa"n, mean kidney trouble. DO not
a!I"" II 10 progress beyond the reach
az Ih"dicin", but stop it prom pity
Wlth Foley Kidney Pills. They rcgu-
IatG tn" action Of the urinary or
EANS Tonic in action. quick in re-
SoitS. J. W. Bell.
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