The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-14

A Talk Full Of Suggestions Made
to Farmers of Chester
field County.

There was Meeting At iK!uqUattcr.
IT. Chesterfield county, some tim. ago.
1t which q. Ia Wray was The leading
speaker Mr Wray ~ not exactly a
preacher, but 10" took text from
Scripture and based his very pointed
remarks thereon. aud in 50 doiur he
preached a doctriuc that tn, industrial
Section OF The Times Dispatch has been
setting forth for these many ycars.
"Rcplcnish the Earth ana Subdue
IT" was Nh \Vra5 text These were
The hrst words spoken Is God 70
man" declared Nh Wgal. and when he
so declared there We're many farmers
s. the audience who were Scripture
readers who nodded their assent, but
there We're many Ia that same audience
who had not paid very much attention
10 the divine injunction. MIR Wray
saw the good poin; he had made, and
he proceeded TO talk accordingly a
correspondent gives some OF the points
made In the hrs, place the speaker
brought out tn" fact that the thing
has been reversed. ana instead OF sub
3ccting the soil To man, too many Vir-
Einia men had gotten in the habit OF
holding themselves subject 10 the soil.
Here are som. al the points from
Mr. Wray's talk
Man is in subsection TO The soil
everywhere. because he has failed TO
grasp It's needs, because he has failed
10 replenish IL after taking OFF the
crops Thousands OF farmers use fer
tilizers-commcrciul fcrtilizerS-in the
belief that in these are the constituents
needed 70 repleuish the soil Let us
follow DR.. Hopkins in an analysis OF
the facts.
virgins can be made TO yielG more
than three times the present average
by the enrichment or the rcpicnishment
80 n.
200 pounds per acre ii high priced.
highly manufactured. acidulatcd, so
called complete fertilizers which in
crease the acidity Of the soIi-already
too acidulouS--and supplies as an aver
ego less than four pounds Of nitrogen,
ecven pounds of phosphorus and four
pounds OF potassium. while such q
crop Of corn as Virginia farmers ought
to try to raise takes from the soil not
four pounds, but $50 pounds of nitro
gen; not seven pounds but twenty
three pounds of phos phorus, and not
four pounds, but scvcnty-threc pounds
OF potassium: 10. not ny such systems
u land ruin in the name OF fertiliza-
ton. but by the positive enrichment
Is the soil in those materials IN which
IL is positively deficient. which, in most
cases. are limestone. phosphorus and
heterogeneous Vcuct;tul" matter
"Twc tons of .,round limestone per
acre every four yeas will make and
maintain II limestone soil en- any Nir-
Gina farm, and this is the first great
economic ster to he taken in that posi-
tive soil enrichment or rcplenishmcut
that is needed TO treble the average
acro-yicld. ANA on maitN Virginia
farms abundance Of ground lines tone
IS all the farmer needs to buy"
"Dr. Hopkins has sampled consider
able Virginia soil and the analysis has
shown as much potassium and more
phosphorus than is contained In the
average $500 land in Illinois With
limestone n rcplcnishcr we can
grow abundant crops of alfalfa clover
and other legumes, which when in
fectcd with The proper bacteria. have
direct access to the incXhaustiblc sup
PLIES Of nitrogen ia the air. and which,
II plowed under in green inanuras or
farm manurcs. have power positively
to enrich and replenish the soil In nj
trogeuuous ana vegetable matter.
THUS will ground limestone cvcntu-
ally liberatc tho phosphorus. notas-
stun and other essential elements from
tho insoluble mineral compounds nat
urally contained in or applied to the
coil
IA question arises as to what Is tho