The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-04

ga fsz where he was urr-
W. II. Mnssey' ing the use of
ground phosphate rock and ground
limestone this is a fine article
Tor good farmer. but poor
one Tor poor farmer. III the black
prairie soil. where DIR. Hopkins
works in Illinois the soil is we'll sup
piled with humus, and in such soil
the humic acids Will bring their
phosphate into use readily. But APP
piled 10 the average old worn Southern
soils it will be good while before il
comes into use by plant roots. But
the farmer who has q clover sod to
turn for his corn or who is feeding
stock and making manure. can use the
pulverized rock economically and with
good results. Mixed with the stable
manure it will about treble the eff
cheney of the manure, and applied
when organic matter is turned under
ii will soon become available. 1t avoids
the tendency TO acid!ty that acid phos-
phate causes. and will make less linn
ing necessary. Several years ago Mt
the Pennsylvania State Farmers Insti-
tute at Allentown. ! met a farmer from
Eastern Pennsylvania, who asked me
what L thought of the Tennessee pull
verized phosphate rock. told him
that II II was properly used 1t was val
liable. He said that he and two Of his
neiShbors had been using it for sew
Graz years. at cost OF $3.50 per ton
delivered at their station.
He said they were the only farmers
IN that neishhorhood who were getting
good crops OF red clover, as all around
them the soil had gotten 30 acid that
clover refused to thrive where the
farmers had been depending on acid
phosphate continually.
As have said, the farmer who farms
r.sht does not need to buy nitrogen.
nd y
whole country, there is usually an
abundant store OF potash, It comes to
the point where the farmer is really
only concerned in the getting Of phos-
phorus. and in what combination he
snail get this is. the question OF vital
Importance TO him. AS n rule, l would
prefer 10 Use the Thomas phosphate
because OF the lime 1t carries and its
tendency 10 keep the soil sweet But
there is no doubt that whore the pull
He!izedd phosphate rock can be had
from s. TO 50 a ton ii can be profit
ably employed II the farmer is really
farming and not merely cultivatinr
land and depending on bought ferti-
l!zers for his crops.
And also. whore ground limestone
can be had at the klns for 81 a ton
as II can IN Virsinia had rather use
this than burnt lime. using il in double
the amount ! would use the burn,
lime
Mixing Fertilizer.
IN mixing complete fertilizer OF
certain percentages. all you need to
kno~ is the amount OF the plant food
carried by each article used. You want
fertilizer contain per cent phos-
phoEic acid in a ton. This simply
means tina; you want $50 pounds of
peospnofic acid. Now if YOU use acid
phosphate that has sixteen pounds in
each 90 pounds, you need 1000 pounds
10 get the $50 pounds That is. 900
pounds OF tho Is per cent acid phog-
pAate VIII make S per cent in the ton
so on with the various other things
used 10 get nitrogen and potash. But
getting The per cent in the 900
pounds of acid phosphate and then
using cotton seed meal 10 get nitrogen.
you VIII be adding more phosphorus
acid ana LITTLE potash. and to be
exact, You Will have 10 diminish the
amount OF the acid phosphate TO allow
tor what the cotton seed meal or 6sh
scrap will furnish. You can get tables
showing the percentages of the various
plant foods in the different materials
used, and BY remembering that the
percentage IN a tuH meals the number
OF pounds in each TOO pounds and YOU
can easily make from the various ma :
have tried in this to reply 10 "a
number OF questions from others. and
II there are Sull any points untouched
will be glad to give further ideas on
INC FERTILIZER subject. which attracts so
much of the attention of farmers in
general. and the economical use al
which is OF such vital Importance in
our agriculture
Chemical fertilizers are necessity
In modern farming, and il is importa n,
lcr every farmer 10 know what he
needs to buy, and what he can re, in
abundance without buying. Many n
farmer has grown poor while depending
on fertilizers alone 10 make his crops
while others have made money and
improved their land through the more
lntelligent and liberal use OF fertlizinp
chemicals.
From Fauquicr County: please nd,
wise mo about the value OF the aCricul.
turai lime mari now being offered ion
sale from Rockingham at S2.2T per tor
IN bulk' know nothing about thi:
mari except what IS stated in the book
let they issue, ana ia which they make
some rather eXtraVagant claims foi
their mari. II this mari is as high il
carbonate Of lime as is claimed. i
snouid he 4 very good article to apply
70 the la:d Tor any purpose for whici
lime Is used. ~ ground limestone car
he had for 81 q ton, it would seem tina
ihe price OF $227 per ton is rattle
high icr the mari and as compare,
with ground limestone OF good qualit,
at 81 ron, ] would prefer the groun,
limestone. Either viii lie used, not a
fertilzer as the mari people an,
some lime men urge but as a mean
for restoring The sweetness Of the soil
and making ii capable OF growing III,
leSumes with success. ] had rather se
o report from the State Chemist or TN,
Experiment station rs to the ,iualit,
OF this mari. The s:lcil mari Of tn,
coast section has been used WIN Erea
beneht in the Pamunky section. an,
there is no doubt that a good mari
rich in lime ca, Donate. will easily TAX
the place Of burnt lime and viii b
free from the objections urged by som
In regard 20 the caustic character a
burnt lime. ] think that il would d
wise TO consult the Virginia Experimen
Station in regard TO the mari The
Will be able, ] suppose, to tell yo,l mo,
about Il than | can. as they probabl
have had chance 10 examine it.
Another correspondent writes fro,
North Carolina that he has land he
sure needs lime, and he can buy IN
same lime mari for 1895 per ton d,