The Little River news., 1916-06-14
5. FERTILIZERS AND THE BONE
 GARDEN.

most people do. and yet he often won dered Why hts garden was so much better than ether parts of h.s farm. He ve A good farmer and made plen ty of everything. and Co spare He knew that he made liberal appliea- tianF of fertilizers and nanurfs tu his eafdea, bat was never qaIte will ing 70 acknowledge that These made all fhe difference ia fhe yield.
 cnr gardens are usnally the rich es' spots on the fara and are 70 only because Ve make them Q b= fcrtili zation and cultivation Every acre in the average farm could he msdr just ss fash .f wc tired to make it 50 We do not consider sufficiently the fac tors which make fertile laad We do not strive to do Intensive farming. but rather make it as extensive as our acres viii allow When Ne wish to make an additional bale of cotton. or hHshei of corn. we take tn more land instead Of enrtchinz what is al ready under cultivation
 nr l.. II Bailey has given in his hook, The Principles of Vegetable Gardening" some valuable sugges- tious or tho use of commerce I4I fsrtil. izerF The kind and amount of fer tilizefs." hs says. .are fo ba deter mined hs several circumstance. GD The earliness or quieknesz with which the crop is t0 he obtained f21 the intensity Of the operations 10 which the man is committed. G31 the char aeteH Of the land as regards tiifh and texture tiJ the character of the land as regards richness Tn plant food. t.1 the kind or species Of crops to be raised Whatever the condition of the land or the nature of .saae crop, il must be fertilizeS If the gardener meets wish success. Competition in the truck growing business can be met in no other way fh#n by lIbef- ally fcFtt1izing the ground on which the crops grow Dr Bailey has wise. ly said that fertilizers must ke an- piled A excess of the actual needs of thr plants. It Is impossible to dis. Jsrfbute very small quantity Of f"rttl- iIers over large area
 Vegetables are such rapid growing plants that one need not fear that much of the fertilizer WIll leach out through the soil on account nf rain If 1t is applied close to CT in the driii TOW, all of 1t should be saved The plants will absorb t before it gets away. The formula generally recon mended consists of Q complete fcrtil izer. though the acid phosphate and nitrogen should come from different sources. even in the same feFtillzcs applied at any given time The mix ture for gardens should be compos' q of as many kinds Of ingredients as possible. carrying the three funda- mental clements of plant food pot. ash. nitrogen and phosphoric acid.
 Voorhees, recommends heavy appli. cations of such mixtures 70 the com. mercial gardens and to truck patches. He says 1000 to 5000 pounds per acre of such mixture should be ap. piled 10 asparagus. and as much to beets and turnips: less than that to peas and beans. With any amount an after application has been Sound profitable. This is sometimes called the second application, which is not generally a complete fertilizer. but is composed of nitrogen, OF one of the other clements alone, The second ap plication of fertilizers may be C0fd posed of ammonia and acid or other formula to suit the immediate crop.
 Garden vegetables need large ap. plications of fertilizer because any check in their growth produces infe- riority in quality. It is said by Dr. Bailey that any delay in the growth of lettuce or radishes will generally cause a pungent flavor or sharp taste that is undesirable. It cut down the market value. The way to remove any cause for this is to fertilize well and properly and then cultivate. The turnip is made very inferior when there is a check in growth. The veg etables that are thus stunted seem to revert to the original type from which they were derived. especially with re gard to taste. and hence should be carefully looked after in regard to fer. tilization and cultivation. Fertilizers should be applied to the vegetable garden as early after ,the spring breaking as possible, as the soil ought to be saturated with rich plant food before the plants begin to grow very much Then they will grow much more rapidly and make far better veg. ctables. The second application should be made about the time the young plants are half grown This ia as definite as a statement regarding this practice can be made. For all prize crops. a third and fourth appli. cation is made. and with telling of fleets. No one can deny that the vegetable garden is the ono place in which large dividends can. he made from the use of commercf 'ts. err.