The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-24
sential agent in crop production, Is to
De had for the entire season in album

the farm will settle by going after
them.
ract that A very large portion OF the
sou fertility Of the big Il earth Is
20 come in the days ahead Of us. from
the fertilizer factory.
This has nothing To do with the |
fertility that will be encouraged by
proper stock raising and by proper
fertllizing crops like cow peas. All
such things will have to be supple
mented by a supply of potash and
phosphate, and that ZONES from the
factory.
The Western p~rairies are still using
up their fertility and Boosting Of it
When they have come to the verge Of /
son poverty. the CarolinaS and Geor- /
GA will have arrived at the success !
Iui scientific stage which for
It's agricultural factory a sufficient
amount OF material from which to
make the crop which Is to be the
product Of the farm.
Some Things Yet Uniea1ncd.
Commercial fertilizer is not under
stood yet by our people as il Will be.
There are too many people blindlv
uyinG tons of stuff and passing il out
TO tfleIr land and getting results far
less satisfactory than they should.
But on the other hand many men are
trying out their fertilizer experiments
intenigently and they are establishing
the truths that viii influence the en-
tire agricultural world. Tbs leaders
are going in the right direction, and
iii q lew years aIf farmers will have
the important points hunted out for
them, and they will all be following
those who are proving up and testing
the doubtful points.
The saw mill question comes up
again. The man who wants to make
) pine umber does not bring pine and
cypress and poplar and all sorts OF
logs to his mill and dump them on
the mill yard. He brings what will
make pine lumber. Unfortunately
I many Of the farmers have not learned
yet that where potash is needed it
> must De potash. and that where nitro
, gen is needed it must be nitrogen.
But they are learning. And the State
= and Federal governments agricultural
departments are helpjr@ to reach
: conclusions Presently We Will not
pat potash where We should put acid
+ phosphate any more than we viii put
paper on the foor where We should
put boards, or such similar mistakes
n in the selection OF materials.
G We are all learning. 1t used to J..
hat q farmer bought a ton OF some
thing that Was called gwanner. Nov
he bugs Il ton Of $50 II he is still
satisfied with the mere weight, OF i
4 he is mere experienced IL; buys &c.
OF &c per cent phosphate, 48 pcrcen
= potash or anything that see ms to hin
n to carry the elements he wants 3n'
he figures on percentages instead q
10 tons.
The North Carolina farm boy VIII
e, can figure fertilizer percentages Ia
g a more useful education than tn
h Iowa boy who can extract the tent
1r root Of u long decimal fraction b
f. the use Of ~logarithms. and betor
~ | MANY - NNrfH ~ TriiD, win II
at teaching every boy in the publi
ID schools just what Sc means an
how to figure it ont OK mix it for hin
self.
at Possibly it is fair TO say that Mort
i'll Carolina had to come to h f~ertilize
factory. Possibly it is fair to say tia
r without the discoveries Of old Paro
IS. iI.ebig North Carolina agriCultui
a would be in a terribly depressed COZ
dition. Possibly it would be truthft
k to say that without the discovery
to Liebig North Carolina agricultuI
to food problem today OF in The neS
as future.
The Satisfactory Situation.
he But the satisfactory situation
O. that North Carolina has pretty we
learned how to use fertilizer r tn;
ITS the mills Of the Caroli1las are learI
Of ing how to use the abundant pho
n phate cock. Of which the country h
n enOugh to last through many eel
"a turtles. and that the United States h;
he within it's resources those agenci
nd that will provide potash indefnitel
ut. as we'll as nitrogen in various form,
Baron Liebig settled forever Il
a question Of soil fertility all over Il
ci- world. [ do not mean to say that
Oh settled the question OIL ignorant Al
Sc, unshhleo larHins' .-o.niIlS Out euuc
he tloh ana care can sett1e .hat. Dus
To put into the heads Of the farmer
North Carolina the materials tn
-. will make successful Farming possib
in this State as long as Inen can lo'
~ into the future. He put into the hea
=" raaae aI,ato -
combination of rainfall, climate Il
fertility, that trio which puts II
&c State III the front among all favor
GO farming sections Of the entire vOr
Much is to be learned yet about t
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