The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-05-10
CGfTUN sHED SfExE.

Contains An Eertiiizins EIenents-
1 Fest Practice il TO Use as Feed and
Return Manure to Soil.
AT the present time. when potash in
the form OF salts is practically unob-
tainable and when both nitrogen and
acid phosphate have advanced ii, price
because OF the use OF nitrates and sui
|phur'~5acid for 4munition purposes.
cottonseed4 meal, which carries all
three OF the fertilizer elements, be-
eon1ss OF greatsimportance. In recent
yearssimnense quantities of this ma.
terial have gsnei into fertilizers, ap-
proximtely 1.0oo,oo0 tons having been
so used in 1913.
C0tt0nseed meal; the residue after
the oil has been extracted from. cot
tonseed. is a. dry. yellowish powder.
having excellent mechanical proper
ties for fertilizer mixtures, andi con-
tains about Go per cent. of NITROGEN.
2 per cent. of phosphofie acid, ana. 2
per cent OF potash. 1t is; therefore,
according to specialists of the ID depart-
ment, primarily a nitrogenous ftTtiliz-
err butt under present conditions it's
potash cortcnt isi highly. important
and is a decided factor in determining
the price, at which stthe. material is
sold. Mt 5sss .isa4a !.
In practice cottonseedc meal should
be mixed with other. ingredients. Most
OF the Formulas heretofore spu ubAisaed;
have advocated various proportions
Of acid phosphate and muriate of pot.
ash In. combinati0n with cottonseefl
meal. Muriate Of potash is to ali in.
tents and purposes unebtainable, this
pear. and must besonAftted from. pres.
ent consideration If4Ioooi poands Of
cottonseed meal and 1000 pounds ,,f
scids phUsphate ar mixed, : however. a
ofSmatefialirssuits which contains
about2tso pounds Of phosphosie acid,
ssspounds OF nitrogen. ana, 90. pounals
OF 'potAAhs THIS issabout s'per Gems,
phOtntoric acid Si26Sper cent ritn,.
zen, ,saAd 4 percent potash, and inassls
q very satisfactory mixtufe 'fon 1nany
soilsp where' field crops afes to3i, bs
srcwn.sS PSr itruclcinss aads sAtdsnan,s,
present practtce ademahdbp 0a hisalsr
content Of potash. and the mixtHss
maSs b 'suppistnsn nsnte1%b by the appnca.
tom OF ,inssacisea' wood asltes if OBJ
tathabfe!, %is'g %a.t sies, ~.
7 MItf6sen In cottonseet meal. is not
so quickly, avaliabie az when .appliet
IN the Sformfsof nitrate, but. on1 the
othsra hand, is not 60 likely, to be
leached sotitSin times ofsheAsy rainfAll.
In light sandy sofis where's ienching IS
rapid thegass OF organic material aucit
4s'ec 0k0S6el meal asslSst6 be preferred
sh supplying the necessary nitrogen
Decay Of the organic material libsratel,
shsfhitros4n ssadaxiiy and there III
much less danger OF loss than IL thu
case whom, soluble salts. liker Chilearl
nitrate. are used. ~ ,p; 4
Most ofsthe mineral ingredients In
cottonseed meal are recovered. in the
manure IL the material is used as a
cattle feed. The most economical use
OF cottonseed meal is. therefore,, to
feed It and apply the mamursf to the
land. In this way the material is
made to serve a double purpose. Eui
rop0an dairymen have for some years
bought large quantities OF American
cottonseed meal for feeding purposes
AS the liveIst0cle industry develops in
our Southern States. doubtless an in
creasing amount Of this niatAriai will
be diverted from the fertilizer trade
for use as stock feed. and at present
wherever possible the practice OF
feeding the meal and using the ma
nure for fertiliser should be followed.
rather thansthel direot application OF
the cottonseeds meal to the, land. g
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