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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 Vegetables are especially fond of Potash. Write for our free pamphlets. GERMAN KALI WORKS, ^ 93 Nassau St., New York. ** 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. McCANDLESS 1 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 A Tribute to the Drowned. It would be difficult to conceive touching and beautiful cere- a more touching and beautilui cere mony than that of the children of Gloucester throwing a bouauet into the sea for each sailor who left that port the past year and has not re turned. Where are the poets' flights of fancy now ?—Boston Herald. 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