Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-08-30


One can not always graceful be
With corn upon the cob.
To be artistic, you'll agree,
ls not an easy job.
The way fellow tackles Il
iii Depends upon the man,
Some saw It OF, some gnaw It on,
III We do the best we can.
What One Bats Makes the Man.
The American people can "eat thei
way" to the highest standard Of menta
aud physical power ever reached by
race In tho history Of the world.
| Or they can "eat their way" TO such {
state of degeneration that their downfall
will be inevitable.
II we are to develop into . race o
supermen We must eat superior food
stuffs. These can be produced onl!
through proper fertilization of the soil
Because Of improper fertilization, th'
foodstuffs being raised ct present by tha
American people xre degenerating year
ly In quality. Continued eating OF them
will produce Q race OF weaklings.
On the other hand, With proper fer
tilization, foodstuf OF highest quality
can be bad for an infinite number oi
years. These foodstuffs can produce q
race of supermen.
The foregoing are the deductions oi
Prof. Frank n. Keith Of Medford, Mass,
authority on agricultural and pure food
subjects.
Foodstuffs Of 100 per cent. quality
only can be grown In soil equal to virgin
soil, Prof. Keith maintains. Soil that
has been sapped by years of cultivation
can be restored to the Quality OF virgin
soil only through the use In fertilization
of pulverlzed rock, which is the one
material containing ell the Ingredients
necessary to rejuvenate II, providing the
soil Is rich In humus (disintegrated vege-
table mstter) or is made rich by the ad-
dition OF humus, peat preferred.
Prof. Keith takes exception to the
quite universal belief among farmers
and scientists that ordinary manure or
chemical fertilizers can be used success
fully to COAX 100 per cent. quality food
stuffs from the soil. Instead, he main.
tains manure or chemical fertilizers
eventually exhaust the soil. Further.
more, they force the growth of food.
stuffs of inferior quality-foodstuffs that
bring illness and premature death to
humans and dumb animals because they
contain too much nitrogen and acids.
1.-THE agricultural chemist shows u.s."
says Prot. Keith "thst the ashes of all
vegetables and plants contain potash,
iron, sulphur, magnesia, lime, alumni
mum, phosphorus, SILICON, soda and
chlorine, and that the plants cannot be
grown to perfection With the omission OF
any of these elements. II this is 80,
how did the plants get those minersls2
They must have. obtained them from the
soil.
"There 10 In the soil, provided there
10 plenty of humus (disintegrated vege-
table matter), humin, ulmin, humic,
geic, crsnic, apocrenic, toxic and ulmic
acids.
"These acids, together with the heat,
moisture, freezing and thawipg, cause
an erosion to take place In the small
stone particles of the soil, which has
gradually liberated the minerals, there
by making them available for plant food.
"When the different minerals are
liberated and come In contact with the
humus and acids, there are very minute
bacteria being bred all the time, and 1t
is these that change the minerals into
liquid substance, which can be taken up
by the plants.
"For generations those small PARTICLES
of stone In the soil have been turned
over and have gradually become worn 30
smooth that It 10 now almost impossible
for any mineral to be liberated by ero-
sion for immediate use, unless the soil
remains idle for some time.
"Obviously, this overworked soil can.
not produce the minerals the plants
need. Then the way to make 1t possible
for the plants to get the necessary miner
als from the soil is to treat It with pull.
verized rock.
1--WE know that We are robbing the
soil, and the consequence will be dis.
astrous If we do not restore to the soil
the minerals We take ont Of 1t.
"If man has been sick and run down
for q long time, what IL the doctors
first act? Doesn't he get the patient in
condition to assimilate nourishmentp
He may start him off on stimulants, but
he aims to cut out the stimulants and
lot food perfect the cure just as soon as
possible.
"How about your sick and rundown
soil? Your scientific soil doctors from
some OF the experimental stations and
agricultural colleges advise you to use
more and more stimulants and say moth.
ing about food. II this reasonableq
"The French chemist, Boussegoult,
evolved the theory that plants required
supply OF nitrogen In the soil and
thousands of agricultural scientists have
ever since repeated the same error and
induced farmers to buy millions OF dol.
lars worth Of fertilizers containing
nitrogen compounds.
"So.called learned agrlculturists CON.
tend, moreover, that plants require an
additional supply of phospboric acid
because ripe grain contains q large per
centage of the said acid. These scien.
lists forget, however, that the required
supply Of phosphoric acid 10 already
stored In the roots, stalks and leaves be-
fore the grain ripens, and that 1t 10 CON
veyed to the kernels during the ripenine
process.
"Plants require very little phosphorit
acid and any excess 10 more injuriouI
than beneficial, and exhortations II
favor of potash, phosphorio acid an(
nitrogen fertilization have caused csttl,
and human beings to become Victims o
disease. systematically, although no
knowingly and Intentionally, they hav
prepared the way for the spreading o
Influenza, diphtheris, cancer, diabetes
consumption, typhoid fever and othe
diseases.
"The excrament Of animals, snoh .
stable manure, contains no wholesom
plant food. Crops grown in soil mixe'
with artificial fertilizers, abounding Il
nitrogen compounds, make the consume
liable to severe colds, catarrh Of th
stomach and nervous troubles.
"Apy soil feftilised with stable ms
nure or with chemical fertilizers alon
abounding In nitrogenous compound
will produce plants composed chiefly 0
ammoniaoal albumen. The tissues Z
such plants, and consequently Of th
! animals or the human beings using ther
for food, arc therefore sbnormally CON
posed, have . morbid appearance an
unnatural color, and they prematurel
decompose, decay and die."
Hardy Variety Of Avocado.
A variety OF avocado, or alligator pea
the fruit Of which attains weight Of
2 ocunas and kha traoa NJ ~bioh Wi1l atan