Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-08-30
To Prevent Disease IN Crop and Man.

The apparently mysterious cause q
disease in potatoes and other vegetables
cereals, fruits, cattle and human being
consists, In fact, merely with . diet sul
charged with nitrate.
| A universal food supply abounding l
mineral salts is the only means by who
we can prevent early decay Iof our fleI
and garden crops, az well a. the prems
ture death Of animals and men. Al
human beings living on diet surcharge
With ammonia are constantly ailing an
liable to suffer from all kinds of troubl
and diseases. Mineral fertilization pre-
duces strong plsuts and plant food tba
will prolong human life.
Food crops grown in mineral fertilize
coil will destroy ell bacllli, bacteria an
germs In the human organism and pro
vide an absolutely safe life insurance TO
all those who revere divine creation an,
obey Natures laws. Crops nourishe,
with minerals will counteract effeminac
and degeneration In the American peo
pie, and In due time produce new, Wig
orous generation.
Irrational, incomplete fertilization
with commercial fertilizers overloaded
with phosphates. or with manure, which
likewise abounds In phosphoric aoid, Il
equivalent to breeding hay worms, pill
worms, the caterpillars Of the conchyll
ambiguella as we'll as peronospora Wit
icols.
Phosphates are q vital necessity fol
the propagation of all parasites. Tests
made with fungi, lice, and worms show
that the residue OF their bodies sfteI
combustion consists almost entirely ot
phosphate of potash, but contains also
traces of sulphstes. This leads to the
conclusion that an increase In phosphate.
means an increase In parasites, while
sulphur In combination with other i'm.
portant minerals will check all parasite
life.
II We are to succeed In our efforts ol
destroying the vermln In our gardens
and in our fields, We must, therefore,
flrst of ell, avoid the use OF all fertilizers
that will burden the soils with phos.
pilates, and have recourse to mineral
ground rock, the incorporation of divine
creative vital forces. Ground rock has
increased the quantity and quality OF
many of my crops from 100 to 200 per
cent.
The ground rock allowed the potatoes,
40 we'll as oil other plants, sufficient time
to ripen their fruit, while the mineral
salts absorbed BY the plants prevented
premature decay or withering. 1t did
not force plant growth, but acted az an
invigoratOr and preservstive for plants
and their fruits, impaired beautiful out.
lines to plants and fruits and produced
finely grown trees.
For many years / have raised all kinds
of vegetables, flowers and shrubs and
trees, starting on new land, and obtained
good results. have tried all kinds OF
msnures and fertilizers. Finally / found
out that no matter how much fertilized
along these lines my crops were gradu.
ally diminishing. I was becoming very
discouraged when one day I noticed how
the grasses and weeds were growing by
the roadside. l gathered some of the
dusty roadside dirt, and put 1t In the soil
around some plants and watched results.
Within short while the plants treated
took on an entirely different look and
we're growing so strong that at once
obtained load of the same material and
put 1t all over my place. had the dust
analysed and was told that It was nothing
but finely ground stone or sand and Of
no use.
The results that season were simply
astonishing. l had more peas, beans,
corn, straw berries, cucumbers, squashes,
etc., than ever before. My lawn and trees
and shrubs looked healthier. In fact 1t
put new life into everything.
Finally was confronted by one of our
so-called agricultural experts that simply
because / had such remarkable results
that season Il did not signify that the
mineral plant food had anything to do
with 1t.
Next season used more of the dust
in another location where the soil was
different. got even better results. The
plants nourished with the dust far out.
stripped rows that were not 80 treated.
Since then have continued the expert
menis. In every instance plants ferti.
llzed with pulverized rock have produced
100 10 200 per cent more and better prod.
uots than the came number of plants on
which no .ock was used.
Rock dust is soluble when In contact
with the soil. You can note the sue.
cessive changes. First the fertilizer
changes color due to the oxidation oi
the iron and the combination with sui.
phur. Then the hydrated silicates be-
come q homogeneous mass and are thor.
oughly incorporated In the soil. The
result Is virgin soil.-Prof. Frank NJ
Keith.