The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14
Uses and Abuses of Fertilizers
BY Prof. 8. ]. II. De Loaeh. Director Of Georqia Experiment. Station.
4. FERTILIZERS AND FIELD CROPS.
BY Prof. r. J. H.. De los
The Fourth Of . Series Of Six Articles

David Dickson, after a life Of useful service to his fenowman and a
xuano: T say that farmers can make every acre Of their land rich if they
w. Providence intended the earth should increase in fertility as rapidly
man guano. lying idle and useless n the Chincha Islands. and puts it in
kind. The country suffers fr want of a snare Of the surplus ferHziug
q commenced to Use suano in 1876, and gradually increased the use of
it until the present time. never having omitted to use it o ny crops
excepting the last year Of the a when l could not obtain it. With the
except h lint of the cotton, land may be improved with Peruvian guano
a,ene out o n OF sO sa1 st s as when h you n@ combine ss, with n.,s ss s4 for IL al tn n1ae es
know Of n o cop that it would not benefit. 1t will pay the best upon
t ss s ss's sse ssss ss1 9sA .n' . %sss ns'''-'''''' being that crop in this sec
use Of suano He knew well the value of ammonia to growing crops. but
sq IN se roo oo's1 We sat bette ss knew s,ss quite Sss rs W an m ys !. ,s of e'emen nsn ot ,Soas
food than when he applied ammonia alone. Also observe that he considered
farmer. and knew all the keen points in the business world.
Views Of Another Millionaire Farmer.
died only a few weeks ago. had the following to say with reference eS1a to
The use Of fertilizers has become N Of the most important factors in
s s:sss ,s sSs': y : sses! i desire r ' ss work sf ;s' We We s:ssssiss believe : 4 'es; !s e 's
vssstses matter: the sowing d lesunss and b saving Of ii BARNARD ma:
them IN tying to increase his sa.% N; er saa%'S' 'DS :" 'A''s' 'a' ~ '' d
pnysment learned the value Of fertilizers, but learned equally we'll the value
diversity d snM'i more. Thu Taes wo a% nd have % u n ase qn%S4i fertilizers liz Sc 90 t daH" W could u IL
s tnis way %'i ises Sssss' ts saG tsT Tssss's of 9"4 ;and i ' Te % R%s s 'ass Ssd farming a%s On on
crops sSas sssss ana saSs FEED \ sss si plants as and . vi. III increase 1sats sss aa s,s sns' Be- n% es
Put Back Plant Food in ths SOIL
II growing o. take plant food out Of the soil and we do not pillow un-
o osr i land dnaousnu rs to % de go sns' i 0r fs It it " sd % IN SsU ehs rs sGsr is /. f + ap Beyond ID
dispute sISts, with xmnn most Of Sr crops 1,, We take ase, from the fields a large amount Of
the farm from whence it came We should see to II, then, that son kind of
plant food takes it's place. In the case Of cotton, e sell the seed, and with
them large amounts OF nitrogen and other elements of plant food. Very Of
V; valuable i plant liant ' food ''1 It I. s y eli fr a : sto rem" remove 'si fro a%' the ss sn 100:
plant food than we restore to the soil.
On a sandy farm in M Of the Southern States, which had abandon
ed by its original owner and sold for fifty cents per acre., a little barnyard
% mi s and 5 IS y. sRSl s !; is,s; e fertilizer r. .s,. mad: "a sa..as1 farm ,5 rich r. j, last las;
cotton per acre. This was about q bale per acre the entire farm The SIS
investment in fertilizers and good breaking and cultivation neted the thrift
ty farmer more than $50 per acre when cotton ws bringing q high price.
All the experiment stations and other institutions have found that feri
nzersa applied to farm crops under good conditions pay q handsome dividend
into Sa ne q p @sst%s1 farm " z Tnis. after n ss is v s' ~s is% f e for non psost :. t 1n
us use. sAi # I ;ss'iHssr. 1 DO net Always a: pss. e ct { : because sss's ss1as sSs 'sssss' iasts ss's ~
use them.