April 20. 1123
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USE OF FERTILIZERS
As it is now near time to plant
corn, many of us are wondering what'
fertilizer will pay boat, if any. In i
th* discussion of fertilizer it is necessary
that all know the meaning of
certain terms used.
Phosphorus is a mineral element
1 that is not present in most soils In
If-nfficient nuantities in available
form to produce a maximum crop.
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the - "ra of "acid" phosphate.
Potta-sium. commonly kno\vn and
represented on fertilizer bags a?
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potash, is also a mineral element'
not present in sufficient available
form in some soils t<, produce maximum
yields of some crops.
Nitrogen is also an element in the
soil. It is seldom present in the so- '
called "poor" soils and run-down I
soi.s in sufficient quantities to pro- j
duce maximum crops. It is the most i
expensiv element of fertility we (
have to buy when procured in form
of commercial fertilizer. However,'
fortunately, there is a family of
plants, known as legumes (clovers,
peas and beans) which when Inoculated
with th^ proper bacteria which
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T. MURPHY. WORTH CAROL1KA
live on the roots and gather nitrogen
from the air, that will add this
element to the soil if they be turned
under or cut and fed to livestock
and the manure returned to the land
from which the hny came. They may
be also grazed by livestock to advantage
and a large part of the nitrogen
retained. The art of keeping
the soil well supplied with cheap
nitrogen is one that should be acquired
by every farmer if be would
be successful.
Calcium is also sometimes lacking
in the soil and is supplied in form
of lime which also has the power to
sweeten sour soil and m?Vo nn??ihto
the growing of certain legume* which
supply the land with cheap nitrogen.
Humus is ols0 an important factor
in the soil hut it i* not a chemical
element. It is decayed or decaying
organic (vegetable) matter in
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the soil. It has the effect of preventing
the soil from running together
and adds to the warter holding
capacity of the soil. In other
words it improves the physical ooni
dition of the soil. Makes it ewy to
work. When fully decayed It re|
leases nitrogen in the soil but unless
the humus can>e from turning under
a legume crop or manure, no nitrogen
is added to the total amount in
the soil. That is with the understanding.
however, that all the vegetable
matter that went to form the
1 humus grew on the land in question.
.If it came from another field it
would add the field on which ft
is turned under but take from the
field on which it grew. It is necessary
to have plenty of humus in most
soils to get a maximum yield.
You can see thut only with H clear
understanding of the above tern*?
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can we proceed w*th a discussion of
the u*o fertiliaer and get saqp
benefit from it. So far as practical
purposes ar? concerned then, tk*
only chemical elements that are e^?
er lacking in the soil are phosphorus.
nitrogen, potassium (potash),
and calcium. Of these the first
ire the only ones t consider in
commercial fertiliaer. The other Is
supplied i,, form of lime which
' should be applied to all sour soils
that will not grow a good crop of
1 clover. The threc, ar?? seldom all
lacking in any country. Sandy !&? ?.
! usually needs all three elemental.
Most day ,<*oils have plenty of potash
for general field crops except a
heavy crop of Irish potatoes. Most
! soils of this type n^ed phosphorus
and, if poor or run-down, nitrogen
also. The *oiL? of this county belong
to this type. There are a fewfavored
soils that need only have the
nitrogen supply kept up. Since our
roils are supplied with potas^ we do
not need to by a complete fertilizer
< xccpt for potatoes or vegetable
eropi. By a completer fertilizer,
we mean a fertilizer as 8-2-2, containing
phosphorus 8 per cent, nitrogin
2 per cent, and potash 2 per
cent. Other examples of complete
fertilizers are 10-2-2. 8-3-3, 10-4-1,
8-3-5, etc. Anything containing the
last of the three figutes we do not
need. To buy a complete fertilizer
then f?r a field crop, except potatoes
and vegetable ., would be to buy
| one element that we couid not use
, in ihij county. If one desires then
to use a mixed fertilizer it should
i have the last "0", as 10-3-0, which
would mean that it contained 10 per
j cent phosphorus. 3 per cent nitrogen
; and no potash. It usually pays when
i huying a mixed fertilizer to buy as
j high grade as obtainable because In
I the 1< w grades oil" has to pay freight
. on a lot of sand "filler." It usuaiiy
j pays still better to buy straight
grade material and mix your own
I fertilizer. However, in this case it
ii necessary to study the amounts to
! mix to gel the proper amount of
each element in the mixture. Phosphorus
can be bought in form of acid
phosphate. Nitrogen is usually obtained
in form of nitrate of soda,
ami potas^ in the form of potash or
sulphate of potash. 1 would be glad
to assist anyone who wishes to mix
their own fertilizer in getting mie
terials ami compounding proper
From the foregoing it requires but
littl-.? study to see that it does not
pay to put a lot of acid phosphate on
land too poor in nitrogen and humus
to make a good crop possible. Acid
phosphate is a eheap fertilizer but a
good one, if supplied to land that Is
well - applied with humus and nitrogen.
No corn should be put in in
this county on land that is good
enough to make corn at all without
from 200 t<j 500 pounds of acid
phosphate. On most land it will pay
to top dre?s twice wit^ nitrate of
?nla. Once with 100 pounds at
first euitivationt and once with 100
pounds at last cultivation. This Is
especially valuable when ** desired
to grow corn on land too poor
to make a good crop without some
kind of nitrate fertilizer. On land
which has had a good legume crop
turned under or a heavy application
of manure, it is not s0 important to
top dress with nitrate of soda but
acid phosphate should be used in larger
applications than where the land
is not well supplied with nitrogen.
Go easy with the acid phosphate on
poor land where you do not expect
to use a top dressing of nitrate of
soda. Some acid should be used
under a legume crop grown for the
improvement of the soil. I should
like to repeat again that nitrogen
is an expensive fertilizer wht<n
bought in form of commercial fertilizer
and one should add this by
Stvwiks peas, soy uean.v or ciovers,
and turn them under, graze them off
or cut them for hay and feed them
to livestock, returning the manure
to the field from whence it can^e.
Take good care of the manure so
that no fertility is lost. Do not pilo
manure up in ? loose pile, either
under a shed or out in the open, but
move it directly from the stable to
the field a scatter it and turn It under
or disc it im. No fertility is added
by growing soy beans or cow
peas on land and cutting them off
unless they are returned in form
manure. There is considerable low
of fertility instead. 4RJ*
It is my advice In a general vf&f
to lime the land if it needs it t<f
grow a good crop of clover, grow
clover and feed or turn it under, Uae
liberal applications of acid phosphate,
and in some cases top-drew
with nitrate of soda. In connection
wit^ this Use GOOD livestock. But
that is another question I wish to
discuss at a different time.
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