The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-19

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W. +. Massey. in bulk, and every
ton Of if Will be rs good rs the agri-
cultural lime after ii is slakcd, so that
it would cost YOU whom slaked about
$3.50 per ton OF lime "a good or better
than the agricultural lime
Puivcrizcd phosphate Rock.
II bought quantity OF Tennessee
brown rock. and used IL at rate Of
400 pounds mn acre on rye after peas
which l intend to turn in the spring
for corn. VIII L need TO use Any acid
phosphate on tire corn? paid So a
ton delivered for the rock Tho com
pany guarantees 20 per cent phos-
phoric acid. Did I pay too much for
it?' You do not say whether tho
j peas were turned under or cut on If
the peas were turned under. and rye
sown also To be turned under, the rock
Viii probably have Il very good effect
on the corn. But, in any event there
would have been some organic mat
ter LETT If tho peas wcro taken OIL and
by turning under the rye before 1t
runs Into head and gets strawy YOU
may bring the phosphoric acid into
use, and may not need any further ap-
piiearion OF acid phosphate 1t will be
interesting too, to find out what the
rock VIII DO under your conditions, in
order to find out what II lis worth TO
you. With plenty of vegetable decay
IN the soil, the rock Is a good form
IN which to amply the phosphorus acid.
10 u 70. sci. f.,- -,
iivcrcd. It's value depends very great
iE on tho amount OF humus- king
material in vouv soil. and [ would not
add moro acid phosphate, so that /
could find out sjust what the rock
Will do
Fertilizer for Cotton
i have been making two classes OF
fertilizer mixtures for cotton. Tho
Following has given good results on
my upland: 1000 pounds acid phosphate.
u per cent; 800 pounds cottonseed
meal fifty pounds OF nitrate of soda,
zoo pounds OF muriate of potash TO
make ton. On low black land | have
hecn mixing 100 pounds nitrate of soda.
40 pounds Of cottonsecd meal, 800
pounds of acid phosp hate $40 pounds
OF muriate of potash. whilo the mix
ture does well on the uplands, there is
something wrong for the lowland.
| What Is itr'
Ihere is evidently something wrong
ior the very materials that tho black
SOIL especially needs. you have dimin.
ished In amount, and have increased
tho heterogeneous fertilizer which Is less
needed on that soil than on the INLAND
me needs OF tho black soil are largely
Tor phosphorfc acid and especially for
potash. Change this to the following,
md think you will get better results
on the black soil. while the first named
VIII answer very well on the sandy
upland One thousand two hundred
pounds acid phosphate. 10 percent: 400
pounds OF cottonsced meal 400 pounds
OF muriate of potash to rake n ton.
This viii give far better results on the
black soil farmer near Portsmouth
some years ago told me when he was
just beginning the cultivation Of n
black soil swamp farm, that nc was
told that that soil would not mako
cotton. but would run all to weeds"
l suggested TO him that. he leave out
any heterogeneous fertilizer and use acid
phosphate and muriate of potash lib
orally. since these were what his soil
needed. He took my advice and plant
ed cotton on his rich blaclt SOIL and
made tho finest crop Of the section.
The black swamp soil is fun of vese-
table decay. but is dehcient in mineral
matters so-called. and needs heavy np-
piication of phosphoric acid and potash,
being particularly deficient In potash.
Fertilizers.
Charlotte County: at notice that
sometimes you recommend potash for
crops In Middle Virginia. have tested
II In various forms all over my plnnta-
ton. and never saw any profit. and for
bright tobacco II is very interior DR.
w. b. Rogers. In his geological survey
OF Virginia, tells us that our soils arc
formed by the decomposition Of granite
rocks; horneblend. mica. etc, which
contain plenty OF potash. have not
uesd any fertilizer containing potash
for twenty years. and can show as good
crops and as highly improved land as
any in this section OF Middle Virginia
Tidewater. being made from washlngs
OF Middle Virginia. would hardly need
any, though much may have been
washed 10 the ocean"
You are perfectly right as TO the
fact that the soils made up from de-
composed feldspathic rocks has an in
eNhaustibie store OF potash. Dut this
potash IS in an insoluble form, and
good farmers can get the use of Il
by storing their soil with organic de-
cay and occasional lining. But where
this Ia not practiccd tho potash in the
soil does not come into use. and nrti-
fetal applications pay very well. Now
right over the line from YOU I'm North
Carolina, the tobacco growers have n
clover on the lands where they grow
bright tobacco, and they need appIi-
cations OF potash to grow tobacco. In
Granville County the formula have
often given for bright tobacco, contain
ms 10 per cent of potash from sulphate.
made the highest priced tobacco sold
on the Durham market the year il was
used at rate OF 200 pounds an acre
Now, where a farmer in your section
has improved his land through the uso
Of the legume crops, | am perfectly
willing to admit that ne need no appli-
cation of potash. ! found II, Albcmarie
that needed no application OF potash
for the growing of grain and forage
crops. as I always had a sod TO turn
| and used lime literally about once in
six years on every field. and lime and
tho organic decay viii certainly release
the insolubie potash as fast as crops
need IT? But where nothing OF this
sort is done and tho farmer is afraid to
get his land too rich for bright tobacco.
he needs FOR that crop to use some
potash. II dcncnds altogether on how
II man is farming
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