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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1896)
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THE ECONOMY OF HOME-MIXING Commissioner of Agriculture Nesbitt, In His Monthly Talk, Tells How to Get the Very llest Returns From Our Soils •t the Least Possible t'ost—Fair Supply of Humus Absolutely Necessary. State Agricultural Department, Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 1, 1898. FERTILIZING, ROTATION, SOILS, ETC. The question of fertilizers is just now one in which every thoughtful farmer is interesting himself, not only as to their price and tho feasibility aud econ¬ omy of mixing them at homo, but also as to tho kinds needed by onr different qualities of land, and best suited to the most perfect development of our various orops. A careful study of principles of plant growth, and of fertilizers, and a practical application of these principles to our lands and to onr different crops will certainly mean money to those farmors who take the trouble and the time to make the investigation. As no two crops take from the soil exactly the same elements in exactly the same proportions, it follows, that to get the very host out of our land we must study the composition of our soils, as well as the demauds of the crops to bo growu on them. Owing to the principle just mentioned, that different crops make different demands on the soil, it is an established fact, that a carefully planned and executed rotation of crops, exer¬ cises a powerful influence in enabling us to get tho very best returns at tho least cost, and at the same time add to, instead of diminish tho fertility of our lauds. Our first inquiry should be as to the general qualities and needs of our lands, aud to ascertain these we are compelled to STUDY OUR SOII£. We all know that the t hree principal elements, nitrogen, potash and phospho- plant rio acid are absolutely essential to growth, and that while our lands, as a rule, supply all that is needed of the lesser elements, these predominating elements have been, in a greater or less degree, exhausted, from our surface soils at least. To resupply these in the best and most economio&l manner, Is the most important subject, which we have to consider. In beginning this investi¬ gation, we may lay it down as an inva¬ riable rnle, that no land will give profit¬ able returns withont a fair supply of humus, or decayed vegetable matter on which to-build our supply of plant food. Lauds which have been recently cleared, or those where a careful rotation alter¬ nating with greeu aud leguminous orops, has been practiced usually con¬ tain an abundance of humus, but un¬ fortunately, on the majority of Georgia farms the long coutinued, clean culti¬ vation of corn and cotton, withont al ternating with any humns giving crop, and the leaving or these bare lands to washing, leaching action of winter rains and spring floods, have all com¬ bined to deprive them of their last ves¬ tige of vegetable matter. If we keep in mind that no commercial fertilizer can give the best returns without humns, and if we realize that the destructive effect of drouths is in great measure due to its absence, we will at once set about supplying this necessary humus by every means in our power. There is nothing better for this purpose than sta¬ ble manure, and its beneficial effects af¬ ter one application may be observed for several years, but we can only obtain this in limited quantities, and therefore we have to cast about for other availa¬ ble humus making materials. Cotton¬ seed for clay soils, and cottonseed meal for sandy soils are excellent, but are ex¬ pensive. A well considered system of rotation, using green or legnminous orops, flirst for forage and the residue to be plowed under for manure—is less oostly and on the whole more satisfact¬ ory- Here again it is necessary that we culiarities be thoroughly familiar with the pe¬ of the soils with which we have to deal. Many soils have become so much worn and in such poor coudi tton, being hard and dry, that it is folly to attempt to plant even cow peas as a renovating been crop. On these, Lispedza naa fonod-to do welL It will grow wnere peas win not, ana'ov an applica¬ tion of cottonseed meal, may be made to do well on almost any soil. On land, which is in better condition, cow peas are a better paying renovating crop. Their growth is heavier, their roots are larger and penetrate more deeply into the soil, thus bringing to the surface more of the mineral elements which are locked up in the subsoil, and when these roots are left in the land they furnish mi re of vegetable matter to be con¬ verted into humus. On richer land there is no better renovating crop than clover. Its system of large, strong roots extending in every direction, and pen¬ etrating deep into the subsoil, often reaching down several feet; make it pe¬ culiarly valuable, but it is exacting. It will not do well on sandy land, but re¬ quires either clay land, or lighter land underlaid with a stiff, clay subsoil. Nor will it succeed on laud, which is not thoroughly drained. It has not the power of tho cow pea to forage for a living and having obtained enough for its own needs, to leave a generous share for the use of succeeding crops. Clover will only grow on land of good quality where ample food is furnished ready for its immediate use, but once well set, it gives back without stint, all and more than it has received. Whero tho soil is rich in lime Meli lotus has been tried and found to be in¬ comparable as a fertilizing crop. Its roots are larger and extend deeper into the soil than any other renovating plant, and those dying at the end of the second season and decaying furnish a large quantity of valuable plant food. It will not grow except on soils well supplied with lime, but where this is present in abundance, though the land be apparently barren, Melilotus will grow and flourish, and for such lands is the best renovating crop known. Crimson clover, hairy vetch, rye, all occupy important places among our req ovating crops, and besides their direct benefit to the laud in collecting nitro¬ gen possess the power of carrying on their great work during the winter months, thus furnishing green food for farm animals at a season when most other crops are dormant or dead and covering and protecting tho land for a period of several months, when it is pe¬ culiarly liable to injury. On our ordi¬ nary lands and under present condi¬ tions, rye perhaps is the crop most used, first, because of its pre-eminent ability to hunt for food, aud again, because it may bo sown up to and even into the present mouth. Tho clover aud vetch require curly seeding, and also that the laud be of good quality and brought to a fiue mechanical condition. The seed are also more expensive—and just now the that is one of the mam difficulties in way of a more general trial of the vetch. It is comparatively new and the seed are scarce and high, but those, who have tried it, pronounce it incompara¬ ble as a renovating plant. A very re¬ cent publication from the United Stares Department of agriculture recommends it in the highest terms—states that “it has been grown successfully in all parts of the country, and has proved to be hardv in the moist coastal regions of Webster’s International Dictionary The One Great Standard Authority, So writes Hon. D. J. Brewer, J ustioe U. S. Supreme Court. Wood • Postal tor Specimen Pages, ate. % Y ms Successor of the "Unabridged.” m st*_r of Standard the U. S. Gov’t Print¬ m ing Office, the U. 8. Su¬ preme Supreme Court, all Courts, the State nearly all the m and Schoolbooks. of Commended Warmly ff by other ent* State Educators of Schools, Superintend¬ almost and without number. THE BEST FOR EVERYBODY accawac It la easy to find tho word wanted. It la easy to ascertain the pronunciation. It la eaay to trace the growth oI a word. It Is eaay to learn what a word means. The ifew Orleans Picayune says : It stands scholarship, now a monument ami mechanical to patient skill, industry, ami brilliaut and useful works one of the most complete ever published in this country. The Raleigh News & Observer says: Our individual preference* were acquaintance formerly with for another dictionary, but a better the later edition of Webster mist (the International) valuable, and bas led us to regard it standard as the far to consider it as the accepted. as as any one dictionary should be so The Atlanta Southern Cultivator says : Webster's is the standard dictionary in onr office. G. A C. XERRIAM CO , Publishers, Springdeld, Mass.. U.S.A. Do not buy cheap reprints of ancient editions. wasnmgton, tile ary prairies of oo'mn Dakota and the rich loamy soils along the gnif.” In our own state the com¬ mon vetch has been tried for years with eminent success. The hairy vetch is hardier and in all respects more desira Lie. “The seed of hairy vetch should be sown at the rate of a bushel and a half to the acre from the latter part of April to the middle of May for summer for¬ age, and from the middle of August to the middle of September for winter for¬ age. The nutritive value of the hay is very high. The yield usually varies from one and a half to four tous per acre, according to the fertility of the soil. We would he glad for farmers, whenever possible, to try, if only a lim¬ ited area in this crop, and report results to this department. We have said enough as to these ren¬ ovating crops to emphasize the import¬ ant fact, that they should form tho foundation which for any system and that of fertilizing their we may adopt, is also of the ro¬ tation with other crops utmost moment in reclaiming our worn lands. The uext step of importance is to decide on the proper FERTILIZERS to select for our various soils and crops, to be used in conjunction with these renovating crops and with a judiciously chosen crop rotation, in building up our lands. If we could by judicious man¬ agement and feeding produce all tho manure we need on our farms, this question would be forever settled, but this has been found impossible. Under present conditions the need for commer¬ cial fertilizers is real, but the enormous sums spent for this artificial plant food may bo considerably reduced, if we ap¬ ply ourselves to more carefully consid¬ ered and more judicious methods. Our great mistake has been that we have depended entirely on commercial fer¬ tilizers to supply the gradually dimin¬ ishing fertility of our farms, whereas they should be regarded and used only as adjuncts to a careful system of ma¬ nuring and rotation. They have al¬ ways been found to give best results when the soil is well filled with organic matter, and as mentioned before, this condition can be best maintained by a system of green manuring—that is planting leguminous crops, cutting a part for stock feed, and turning under the residue for “land feed.” GENERAL RULES FOR FETILTZING. In buying our fertilizers, two points should engage onr attention and study —the needs of the land, and the needs of the crop to be grown. A few of the most important facts bearing on these two questions are all that may be at¬ tempted in the limits of this article, but the farmer who interests himself will find that there is a wide field for invest¬ igation, and that the variations of re¬ sults, according to different plans of management, and difference in soils and local conditions, are almost limit¬ less. As a general rule, however, it will be found that our sandy, soils will require all three elements, nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash, while clay soils usually contain some portions of the mineral elements. A soil rich in humus is some¬ times lacking in the mineral elements. A limestone soil generally contains a good deal of phosphoric acid. Of course the most certain way of finding out what the soil needs is to make the soil itself answer the question by experi¬ menting with different crops and differ¬ ent fertilizers, but as a general rule, farmers are averse to undertaking these experiments,regarding them as too com¬ plicated aud too expensive. They have preferred to “trust to luck,” and have lost thousands of dollars by following one fixed rule of fertilizing for all crops and all lands alike. R. T. Nesbitt v Commissioner. DENTISTMY. I have opened an office in the building formerly occupied by Dr J. J. Seamans, and solicit a share of the patronage of the people. Crowning, filling and extracting specialties. R. . Jones, Dentist. A. Royal-tansy pills pressed, excessive, scanty op >0,000 painful menstumtion. Now used by over ladle* Invigorate* these organa. Be¬ ware of dan«erou» Imitations. Name paper. >3 per box, small boxtl. Sent sealed in plain wrapper. Send 1c in * stamps fop particulars. PEFFEKMEDI- Sold by local , drucaht* or address: CACXSSOCIATION, Chicago, 111. For sale by Dr. W. H. Lee. Buy A Home! We have one for sale, and it is; a most desirable one, too, situated on Mill street, 300 yards from the j depot and two minutes walk to | three churches, is not crowded 1 and is a most desirable location for a home. The lot contains ] One-Half Acre, ! UlOre mm-« or nr loso 16SS. Thft AD8 DOuo© hrmsfi IS iq & n 1 i T7 good one, bas four rooms nicely J i nuished . , . inside. , ml I here _ IS - an ex- j tsiiepi well well nf OI xr«.t«r water tin on tha ua nlaoe pia^e , and it did not dry up this fall, as was the case with many. This is a good opportunity for anv one to get a good, desirable piece of property in town, cheap. Call on, or address T. D. O'Kelley, fc Ran Conyers, Ga. LEGAL ADVERTISE¬ MENTS. Letters of Dismission. Georgia, Rockdale County, Mrs. W. ,1. Mann, guardian of Rulah Ed¬ wards, nee MaDn, bas applied for a discharge from her guardianship of said ward. This is therefore to notifv all persons concerned, that I will pass upon said application on the first Monday in January, 1897, and if no good cause to the contrary be shown, the same will be granted. This Sept. 30,1896. adv’g §6, A. M. Helms, Ordinary. Georgia, Rockdale County. To all whom it may concern; W. T.. Peek, guardian for W. L- Christian aD.l Rufus L. Christian, has applied to me for a discharge from his guardianship of said wards, this is therefore to notify all persons concerned to file their objections, if any they have, on or before the the first Monday in March, 1897, else he will be discharged from his guardain ship as applied for. Witness ray hand and official signature, this Nov. 24,18BG A- M. Helms, Ord Adv. fee $6.00 Tv/elve Month’s Support, Georgia, Rockdale County. Mrs. M. A. Posey having ap-iied for a tweh r e months support rut of the estate of her late husband. T. C. Posey, deceased, and the Commissioners appointed having filed their returns in m\ office, this is to cite all persons conoerned that I will pass upon the same on the first Monday in December, 1896. This November 5th, 1896. Adv’g $3, A. M.Heums, Ordinary. Georgia, Rockdale County. Mrs. Susan A. Perry having applied for a twelve months support out of the estate of ber late husband, James R. Perry, deceased, for herself and two minor children, and the Commissioners appointed having filed their returns in my office, this is to cite all persons c incerned that I will pass upou the same on the first Monday in Dec., next, this Nov 6, ’96. Adv’g $3. A, M. Helms, Ordinary. Georgia, Rockdale County, To all whom it may concern: Luther J. Almand has, in due form applied to the undersigned for permanent letters of administration on the estate of Jno, I Al¬ mand, late of said county, deceased, and will pass upon the same on tne first Monday in January, 1897. Given under my hand and official signature, this Nov. 24, 1896. A. M. Helms, Ord. Adv. J3.C3. SHERIFF’S SALE FOR JANUARY. Georgia, Rockdale County. Will be sold before the court house door, in the town of Conyers, said county, between the lawful hours of sale, on the first Tuesday In January, 1897, the following described property, to-wit; One tract or parcel of land same be:ng parts of laud lots Nos. 304, 315 and 316 in the 4th district of originally Walton, now Rockdale county, containing one hun¬ dred sixty-seven and a half acres, more or less, and bouuded on the east by lands of J. H, Harralson and others, on the north by landsofj. K. P. Lester and others, on the west by I. C. Eubanks and others, on the south bv T. D. O’Kelley and others, Levied on by virtue of and to be sold to satisfy one 11 fa issued from the Superior court of said county in favor of T, L, O’Kelley against I. C. Eubanks, Tenants in possession notified. This Dec. 2, 1896. Adv’g $5.28. W. H, M- Austin, Sheriff. Wmm Wm&wmEm Bulletin hangs just inside the door of the Banner office. 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