Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-01-23

ments are true, and II follows that thu
science of agriculture has been figured
out by chemists, agronomists and
mathematicians to the same degree
and certainty. When we consider the
testimony given out by the agricultural
colleges and experimental stations,
both foreign and domestic, all stating
and agreeing to the one fact that to
enrich the soil II is necessary to apply
liberal amounts of limestone, organic
manures and phosphorus. When we
consider the good character OF these
institutions and the length of time that
careful experiments and diligent inves-
legations have been carried on, and
true facts obtained, the evidence be-
comes, not convincing only, but incon-
trovertible.
Therefore. it is not in order for any
one to express disbelief when APP
proacLsS6sby a raw rock phosphate
sales<ffh and make such statements.
[ will wait and see how the other fell
low gets along. Will not buy any more
until see the effects Of what / have
already used. Paper will take ink.
Paper must lay still while being
printed l use raw bone meal Have
no tire to do the hauling. Cannot get
labor Must get in my corn before
ground squirrels eat 1t. Must pick
rock and get fresh land In cultivation.
My land has been rested, and l think 1
can get a good crop without putting
anything on it. Gentlemen from Mis-
souri,, 1t is infinitely better to follow
the precept of your preceptors and
apply liberal amounts of ground lime
stone and phosphorus in the shape of
finely ground rock phosphate and let
the other things go by until this has
been done. This mode will make farm
ing remunerative and fascinating. Mr..
Frank l. Mann, of Illinois, believing in
statements given out by the agricul-
tural experiment stations OF Pennsyl-
vania, Maryland, Rhode Island, Massa-
chusetts, Ohio and Illinois, applied
1000 pounds per acre once in four
years and secured an average increase
each year of 16 bushels of corn, %
bushels more oats, and one ton more
hay per acre and improved the land.
The yield of corn was an average of 70
bushels. He does not use complete
fertilizer or nitrogen because he pre-
fers to take 1t from the ineXhaustible
supply in the air by means of clover.
alfalfa or other legumes. He does not
buy potassium because he knows how
to liberate it from the abundant supply
In the soil.
hC EApCllnicht Ok0-
ton reports data showing that in 20
years the land treated with ground
limestone produced per acre 80 bush
els more corn, 116 bushels more oats,
13 bushels more wheat and 56 tons
more hay than the land treated with
caustic lime. AT present prices for
grain this would amount to about twice
the value of the land. 1t will take
about 81 tons of manure applied per
acre on the land treated with caustic
lime to replace the humus driven out
of 1t.
Good business men keep an eye on
Wall Street, so 1t is we'll to note
Banker Clews' statements as follows:
Our agricultural colleges are doing
vastly more than politicians or vision
airy dOctrinaires can ever accomplish
toward lowering the cost of living.
They are teaching thousands of young
men how to increase the product per
acre and ere long beneficial results
must follow" w. H. Coffman
Bluefield. w. Va.