The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-23


ways keep n fresh growth coming for
the chickens. and IL they do not keep
II down, NOW and save the hay.
Acid Phosphate md Fulvcrizcd Rock
Phosphate.
Or. c. G. Hopkins. of the Illinois EX
pertinent Station. is very earnest ad-
Nocatc for the use of pulverized phos
rhate rock instead of the dissolved
rock or acid phosphate. But DIR. Hop
Fins is cultivating soil with very diff
fcrent conditions from that OF most of
our Eastern farmers. On tho black
prairies OF Illinois. with an abundant
store of humus. the phosphate rock will
give good results while on our old
worn lands. that arc very deficient in
vegetable decay, it Will be very slow
in giving returns. 1t is one OF the
penalties that poor farmers are sub
Iect to- that they have TO pay far more
Tor the phoSphOriC acid they need than
they would II they farmcd better. The
man who depends solely on fertilizers
TO make his sale crops. and PAYS no
attention to the maintenance or i'm
crease OF the organic decay in his soil.
must nse the readily available form III
the dissolved rock and he must pay
nearly twice as much for it rs he could
got phosphoric acid In the raw rock
pulverized Tho farmer who really
farms and always has n cover crop of
afford TO use the cheaper form in the
pulverized rock. for the organic acids
VIII soon render 1t available. Hence.
as ! said 70 DR.. Hopkins. when we We're
discussing this matter ut the farmers
convention ut the North Carolina Col
lege last summer, your contention for
pulverized rock is all right for good
farmers, but all wrong for poor ones.
The bulletin 24G of the Ohio Expert
ment Station reports that an acre of
plowed soil of 1000 900 pounds weight,
that has not been fertlized, contained
six pounds of available phosphoric acid.
Where the complete" fertilizers were
used, it had evidently been drawn
upon, and there were SIS pounds an
acre. Where stable manure alone was
used. there were s.? pounds an acre.
Where manure had been supplemented
with acid phosphate there were III
pounds of phosphorus, and where fine
~ pulverized phosphate rock had been
used in connection with stable manure
there were 3tl pounds an acre, or
more than thirty pounds more than in
unfertilized land. After years OF Gull
tivation in these Ohio experiments the
plots containing the raw phosphate,
which has become available. will az
Dr. Hopkins says probably far outyicld
those that have had the acid phos-
phatc, II more clover is plowed under
gen supply limits the product In
these experiments continued through
Il series of years. the raw phosphate
rock has paid back $40 for every
dollar invested. and while the immc-
date results We're higher from acid
the return per dollar was
much lower.
MI OF which goes to show how much
money the average Southern farmer is
riVts. L., III.
shape 10 make il pay TO use the raw
rock. Mixed with stable manure il
will more than double the efficiency of
the manure. and with plenty of organic
matter in the soil the farmer can we'll
afford TO get the cheaper form Of phos-
phorus. But if he depends on fertilizer
alone 10 make his crops. and ncClects
rotation and lcgumcs, he will have TO
pay the higher price and get acid phos-
phate.
Tea Thrcshcrs and IIurvcStcrS.
! read with much interest your ar
ticles in The Times Dispatch and other
papers. and while l am n has been
| trust that your articles are helping
lots Of farmers. My nephew tells me
that he reads everything he sees by
YOU. and think he is about as pro-
young farmer as we have
! nave cut out your article about the
and cver-bcaring straw
berries, and will get them. The pea
thresher people do not seem to know
the value OF advertising. Won't you
send me their address on the incloscd
card? The harvester drawn by two
mules. that is the machine I am look
ing FOR. There is a threshcr thai
cleans the peas from tho cured hay.
but the machine YOU refer to has been
advertised and still is in the Progress
slve Farmer OF Raleigh and Birming-
ham
1t is very commonly used here, and
should be more generally advertised
have followed 1t in the field and have
seen II gather and clean the peas faster
thah twenty hands could have merely
picked them. Your nephew YOU say. is
& progressive farmer ana unfortunately
II is the active and intelligent farmers
Who are progressive. who read What
! am trying To do is TO induce thos,.
VINO are down in the ruts to read ana
Get out OF the rutS. and this Is the
hardest thing in connection with any
erort 10 improve our farming II il
me men who imagine that they know
u all and who will not study. that are
Keeping back agricultural progress II
you can get some OF this class to read.
hope That can help them.
Morning GiorIes.
nav" an acre or more of land which
is htelally overwhelmed with the run
4li's vine commonly called morning
glory Please advise me how to Get
rid OF 1t. and tell me whether it is in
curious or beneficial 10 the soil.
whether ITS presence indicates poor. or
rIch soil and especially whether or not
Is II a legumc. Tie land was prepared
and sown in peas, but the morning
glory has 80 completely taken posscs
sior OF the land that the pea vines
can hardly be seen OF found at all
Please answer in The Times DISPATCH.
Ihc morning glory belongs TO the or
der convoivulaccac. and is not n lcru,nc
II seeds so wonderfully that IT is rather
hard 10 get ria Of. for the seed. even
when The plants are not allowed 10 90
10 seed, fcmain in The land for wears
ana come at every opportunity when
wrought up in reach OF sun ana an,
The only way 10 yet rid OF them ,s
TO never ALLOW them to bloom ana
make seed. They arc ANNALS. ana
como only from seed. that is. the com
mon morning glory does. though there
is another form of the same family
that has perennial root ana is veiv
hard to subdue. II yours are tho com
mon moruie glory they come only
from seed. and can he subducd after .
time by never allowing them to cet
large enough TO bloom. They viii grow
on