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GAINESVILLE NEWS, WEDNESDAY JULY 16, 1902.
aistriDutetl. Take care not to sow
while the wind is blowing, as it may
blow some of the fertilizer on to tl»3
adjoining plots. After sowing har
row the ground, and then it will be
ready for you to plant.
Plant thick enough to insure a per
fect stand, and at the proper time
thin out to a uniform stand. Treat
all the plots exactly alike, except as
to the fertilizers applied. Prepare
the ground in each plot the same,
plant the cotton all at the same time,
and always cultivate the same and at
the same time each day. Take pains
to have the same number of plants in
each row. It will be well to keep a
note-book, with a page for each pi it,
in which to record your observations.
.In this book record
wtuie xii/ixi tins Dmuuyuiui, suit it lb
of value from another. For instance,
if I make an analysis fo your soil and
tell you that it contains 3,000 pounds
phosphoric acid, 2,500 pounds pot
ash, and 4,000 pounds of nitrogen, then
you would be encouraged to go ahead
and make this plant food more avail
able Dy judicious cultivation and treat
ment, such as liming, the turning un
feeling as-
HonstipatioQ
MAKES
Biliousness, 'w
end Bad Complexions '
jo result. Then where’s your beauty?
der of green crops,
sured that in the end you could bring
that, soil up to a point where it would
yield bountifully. But if as the .'e-
sult of my analysis I should tell you
that the soil only contained 150 pounds
of phosphoric acid and 200 pounds of
potash per acre, why then you would
know that the best thing you could do
with that land would be to abandon it
or give it away, and not waste fur
ther time and labor on it. There is,
how r ever, a practical method by w r hieh
you can analyze your soil for yourself
far better than any chemist can do it
for you. and by means of which you
can tell for yourself whether your soil
neds lime, phosphoric acid, potash or
nitrogen, one or all. That method is
as follows:
Method by which the Farmer May An
alyze His Own Soil.
* First, select a piece of ground as
level as possible, so that rain may not
wash th'e fertilizer from one plont in
to an adjoining plot. Secondly, for
~ Small crops, unsalable veg
etables, result from want of
1st. The kinds
of fertilizer applied to each plot and
the amount applied, on the pages set
apart for the respective plots from 1
•to TO. 2d. Note down the date the
3d. Note the
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cotton was planted,
date cotton came up in each plot. 4th.
When the cotton is about two inches
high on the plot containing no fertil
izer, note the height and appearance
of the other plots. 5th. After you
have thinned out to a uniform stand
record the number of missing plants,
if any, in each plot. Of course use
every endeavor to have the same num
ber of plants in each plot, but in case
of accident to some, be sure to put
down the number missing in any plot
so as to make allowances. 6th. Record
any other observations of interest dur
ing the growth of the crop on the dif
ferent plots, such as the comparative
dates of blooming, number bolls to the
stalk, date of opening of the bolls,
height of the stalks after maturity of
the plant. 7th. Keep the seed cotton
from each plot to itself, weigh it by
itself, and record the weight of the
seed cotton from plot number one on
page number one, and so on with th-*
others. When you have picked anl
weighed the last pound of cotton, then
you will, I think, be easily able to de :
cide for yourself what fertilizer or
combination of fertilizers your land re
quires. Of course, if you have a bad
season, very dry or very wet, you will
not be able to decide so well, and in
that case repeat the experiment an
other year. In this way you can ana
lyze your own soil, and do it better
than the best chemist in the world can
do it for you, because you have ap
pealed to the soil itself, you have spok.
en to it in the language of Nature, and
it has replied in the same mute, but
eloquent tongue, demonstrating the
truth of her answers before your very
eyes. Yours Truly,
Jno. M. McCANDLBSS,
State Chemist.
method by Which Farmer
Can Do This Himself.
The treatment of Catarrh with antiseptic and ISfliros
astringent washes, lotions, salves, medicated tobacco
and cigarettes or any external or local application, is
just as senseless as would be kindling a fire on top of
the pot to make it boil. True, these give temporary
relief, but the cavities and passages of the head and the JilPiliBi
bronchial tubes soon fill up again with mucus.
Taking cold is the first step towards Catarrh, for it BgiJSBl
checks perspiration, and the poisonous acids and w
vapors which should pass off through the skin, are
thrown back upon the mucous membrane or inner skin,
producing inflammation and excessive flow of mucus,
much of which is absorbed into the blood, and through the circulate
Teaches every part of the system, involving the Stomach, Kidneys and cli
parts of the body. When the disease assumes the dry form, the bra
becomes exceedingly foul, blinding headaches are frequent, the eyes re
hearing affected and a constant ringing in the ears. No remedy that da
not reach the polluted blood can cure Catarrh. S. S. S. expels froal
circulation all offensive matter, and when rich, ps
fjfN blood is again coursing through the body i
mucous membranes become healthy and the si
active, all the disagreeable, painful symptomsdia
1 pear, and a permanent, thorough cure is effects
S. S. S. being a strictly vegetable blood purifier does not deranged
Stomach and digestion, but the appetite and general health rapidly imprm
under its tonic effects. Write us about your case and get the best media
advice free. Book on blood and skin diseases sent on application:
r THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. AtlaaHGa.
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acre in area. If convenient, make the
plots long and narrow, say one hun
dred and thirty-six feet long by thir
ty-two feet wide; these dimensions
would enable you to have eight long
rows, four feet apart, in each plot. Any
other shape of plot will answer, only
be careful to lay off the plots so that
they shall each contain one-tenth of
an acre, or 4,365 square feet. Sepa
rate the plots from each other by
paths, at least three feet, wide, so that
the effect of fertilizer in one plot may
not be felt in an adjoining plot. Tt
would be well to locate these experi
mental plots on some of your poorest
land, or that which stands most badly
In need of fertilizer. When all is
ready carefully number the plots from
one to ten so that you may keep a rec
ord of the nature and amount of fer
tilizer applied on each plot. Let us
suppose that you decide to plant cot
ton on the ten prepared plots for tha
purpose of finding out what fertilizing
constituent is most needed by your soil
when growing cotton.
Farmer Can Tell Whether His Soil
Needs Lime, Phosphoric Ackl»
Potash or Nitrogen as Does
the Chemist.
Referring to the statement in my
last letter, that if any one element in
a soil essential to plant growth Te
lacking in an available form, then that
soil cannot produce a good crop, no
matter how rich the soil may tie in the
other essential elements. You natur
ally exclaim then, why not have a
chemist analyze the soil, and tell the
farmer what element pr elements are
lacking in his soil and what are abun
dant, so that he will know how to fer
tilize—whether he ought to apply acid
phosphate, or kainit, or cotton seed
meal, or llxfie, one or all, to his land,
so as to get the best results, and at the
same time use the wiset economy in
the purchase and application of fertil
izers. Yes, this is a very natural
idea, and it was at one time, in the
earlier days of agricultural science,
thought that by means .of a chemical
analysis of the soil, that the key had
been found by means of. which we
could Unlock the secrets of Nature,
and solce all the problems of practical
agriculture. It was found, however,
on trial, that this idea, so beautiful
in theory, did not work well in prac
tice. It was discovered, for instance,
that a soil which was producing poor
crops contained one-tenth of one per
cent, of phosphoric acid, or, calculating
to a depth of nine inches, about three
thousand poinds of phosphoric acid
per acre, and yet- this soil was in
ned of phosphoric acid, because when
acid phosphate was used on it as a
manure it responded with largely in^
creased yields. Evidently the pros-
phoric acid in this soil, although abun
dant in quantity, 3,000 pounds per acre,
was not in a condition available to th?
plant, so that it could be absorbed by
the roots.
Elements Soluble in Acids Not Always
Available.
Still when the chemist came to treat
this soil with his strong chemicals,
he could dissolve the phosphates iu
it readily. Thus, it would happen
that a chemist analyzing a soil and
finding in it, say, 3,000 pounds of phos
phoric acid, 5,000 pounds of potash,
and 4,000 pounds of nitrogen per acre,
and knowing nothing else about the
soil, except the results of his analy
sis, would report that the soil contain
ed ample plant food for producing
good crops, and was a good soil, not in
need of fertilizers, when, as a matter
of fact, the soil might be so poor as
hardly to “sprout peas.” After many
trials and efforts to imitate the action
of Nature in the laboratory, the con
clusion was reached that it was not
possible to tell by a chemical analysis,
in the case of cultivated soils, wheth
er the soil was a fertile one or not, or
what particular elements should be
added to it for the production of full
crops.
Analysis Shows the Ultimate Resources
of the Soil.
Whilst the chemical analysis is s
Plant the cot
ton In your usual manner, after a can
ful preparation of the soil of the plots,
thoroughly plowing and harrowing the
plots in order. Then apply the fer
tilizers as follows:
No. 1—-No fertilizer.
No. 2—143 pounds of cotton seed
meal. ,
No. 3.—200 pounds of 14 per cent
acid phosphate. * •
No. 4—80 pounds of kainit.
No. 5—No fertilizer.
> No. 6—200 pounds of acid phosphate
and 143 pounds of cotton seed meal.
No. 7—143 pounds of cotton sed meal
and 80 pounds of kainit.
>' No. 8—200 pounds of acid phosphate
and 80 pounds of kainit.
No. 9—200 pounds of acid phosphate
80 pounds of kainit and 143 pounds oi
cotton seed meal.
No. 10—500 pounds air-slaked lime.
In many of our Georgia soils lime is
sadly lacking, and it may be just the
thing needed by the soil, in conjunc
tion with certain other fertilizers; to
discover if this be the case, after hav
ing fertilized Plot No. 2, mark off a
strip feet in width diagonally
across the plot, that is running from
one corner to the opposite corner. Ap
ply to this strip 50 pounds of air-
slaked lime, and work it in well with
the soil and other fertilizer with a
rake. Do the same with each of tha
other plots, omitting No. 10. Then
when the crop begins to grow, if lima
was specially needed by the soil in any
of the plots, you ought to notice a
marked superiority in the 2% foot
strip which runs diagonally across all
the rows in all nine plots.
In the above fertilizers it is pre
sumed that the acid phosphate is the
kind most usually sold, containing 14
per cent of available phosphoric acid
to the plot.
The cotton seed meal is presumed
to contain 7 per cent, of nitrogen, sj
that 143 pounds of it supplies 10
pounds of nitrogen to the plot, and the
kainit to contain 12*6 per cent of pot
ash, so that 80 pounds yield 10 pounds
of potash to the plots the kainit is
applied to.
In applying the fertilizers observe
the following precautions Sow each
fertilizer on the plot to which it is tJ
be applied broadcast, using your best
care and judgment to distribute the
fertilizer evenly over the entire plot.
In order to ’get an even distribution it
is best to sow in such quantity that
you will have to go over each plot
at least twice to
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