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TinidpFarmSuggeslions Dy TAIT CUTLER rnttnnseed Meal - and -Cottonseed near these figures, one or all of these guaranteed to be the so-called, 8 per considerable ' distances. On . certain " phoricacid and , potash, then the .132. , soils deficient in humus it may- larger pounds of nitrogen cost $37.50 $6.24, ily increase': the crops-if used freely. or $31.26,. which is 23.67, cents a pound Possibly the benefit to the land is as r for the nitrogen. On the basis of the much from its mechanical effects as prices, and composition we have as- i from the plant foods furnished.- ; ; : sumed, the nitrate ' of "soda furnishes . " ; nitrogen cheaper than cottonseed WHAT FRflTTUZF.RS Tfi USE meal. ; as to tne materials whicn snouia De AREADbi senasiwoguaraniccbtrent cottonseed meal. The guarantees- , ; p - - . D1 - used to turnisn phosphoric acid, tnere of cottonseed products; as fol-are usually reliable, for the manufac T j tw! a8"i um- j are greater difficulties. We may con lows: tarers do not.aimto put but a meal -Xlrjw J a i f- sider three sourcesof phosphoric acid xr. i-rottonSeed Meaf.V j::-' that wflt fall below the guarantee,-In , ;AnD!f..Batw of eItlvo or three materials for supplying it; ; . Guaranteed Analysis - -; !A, the .first place, they are as honest as other Percent meni. and in the second place it X READER" wants to know, "What : " " . Pnospnorio Acid to their interestto have' the'1;" fertilizer-materials ;,"to"ose.-this tfiSbfi hXphatV Kti: is JS aa J ; tuvuM yuvcyuaw wv vauMV Bias w IV V Unfortunately, J the differences in ,m mm . . : a tne availability . ox; tne phosphoric protein c. Sff percent l;;:;Vt'pV ?.V. percent -is-not W .X2 percent", meai fan below the guarantee. It is year. No. 2 cottonseed Feed Meau ; - ' likely to be sampled by the ihspec- For an individual reader we might Guaranteed Aoaiysifrj . . ? tors and analyzed by the state chem-" answer this question if we knew the Protein V i"r-:iW :if-' anil fnr thP(' rfa nh : if fnr-nn GTODS and SOllS Oil Which the fcrtlllZ-: ... .... as nercent other' s the manufacturer cannot -at- exs are to De used and tne prices ot much more so than irt the materials . He asks: 'What is JNo.wortn is guaranteed and M such happens, 1 shipping point. There 15 only one' The phosphoric acid in the acid when No. 1 sells for $35 a ton? -Both ,whlch is not often, it is usually an er- - way, so far as we know, in which the , ohosohate is readilv soluble and will are to be used for feeding r.; ;vr;.;; -ror and not an intentional fraud. : users of fertilizers can learn to buy feed the plants as they need it during based on tne content ui piutciu,. , .ne buy No. 2 is worth about a ton; or to - not usua Fat Fiber Carbohydrates uyer of cottonseed meal- is . and use fertilizers, intelligently, and their growth if sufficient is applied at llv deceived hv the1 matiufac- . that is to think of them as supplying or hftfnri nlantincr. for it ?. tint tapfi be more accurate, about $19.45 a ton. turer out jf he.' fails to1 get what he ."plant foods' and not as "fertilizer" ed from the soil in the drainage water It will take about' iW pounds ,01 buying, it is because he does not look ready-mixed fertilizers, and in buying - At the othej; extreme js tj,e ground eal such as No. 1 and. 1,000 pounds zt and understand the guarantee on . them they cannot knoW in many phos phate,rock or float9. The phos-: r tag attached to each sack ; cases, tne materials used in maKing horic add in h i& nQt readn ayaiN . - , ; ' v. V ' mixt"re i but ,f theJ btnytth!1J fT able and is not made so m'the soil: A Worthless Fertilizer Formula - Llvafn T hit ian,n!rls -fast enouh -t0 meet -the demands of: 1 they contain and base -their cost on . uR Dtein were used, it' would. - A: READER, writes as : follows: "I , plant foods andnot on-, the ton or quantitv is applied and there is quite : ximately . 850 pounds .of xl'am advised to use the-foliowing- ack, they will not go far wrong. It a large amount" of decaying organic 1,150 . pounds; of .hulls vto formula to replace the ordinary com- fis pretty safe to state that little pot- .' :i uL. cfui , form such 1a so-called cottonseei feed; mercial ready-mixed fertilizer ;; ash will be used except that bought soils are deficient 'in humus or or mea asirn. viuimudusuguu Instructions-Box 8 ifeet ng, 3 feet wide w rcaay-mixeu icruiizers, anu wc jc matte $Q dtfcknt indeed meal costing $38 per ton and hulls at --and 30 inchea deep. This holds one ton. Do need not consume space in discussing .ft.af -vnAr:An' Cppm fn inAi, f.ju twn, ouvn a iwu iuv, J -fcvv" ground 2 should cost about $21-a; ton, ,1ms is probably a more just or fair meth- meal of cottonseed hulls to make a ton of -tne tag" attached to each sack.f such a feed as JMO. uut jno, 1 is a low-grade cottonseedmeal, ,andJ if a" high-grade mear containing "41. per cent of protein take approxima meal and 1 . t.1- . t:... . 1 : materials 10 xurnisn poiasn. nn n1ir .nJ1. ft, rJfi nHnhat vpn - The-materials for furnishing nitro- th h it costs fiye times as genr which-will be available, will de- nrt11t1fi n( nuncrt1iririv ar,'H if rnntinc od of estimating the; value of; No. 2, -ilj pounds , salt ; (Ba pounds. total); pead on the locality.". In some, sec- - has generally given more satisfactory than on a basis of protein content B nounds lime or ashes:.: rso nounds. totaiT: tions one nitrogen-furnishing mater- ri,eue fi.A ,ce irt;to Manure;' 2 inches deep. .. . (20 inchef, total) 20 pounds acid phosphate -", (IS per eent ......... C200 pounds, total) nitrogen-turnisning as compared with No. 1, for NoZ has" Rich dirt, one tnch. deep.. (io inchesMutai) . ial may be cheapest, while, in another more carbohydrates, which should, be 2 Ree -thi io" tiWs' aV above.6 ve"," some; other' material may furnish a given some value. When No; 1 sehY . mrr-u", 1 c I 'pound of nitrogen at'the least cost, for $35 a ton, $20 to $21 "a. ton is'a fair l' Will the saH be of -any pracU- In such cases; a kn0wIedge of the de price for No. 2. No. 1 is a low-grade - ? f v" v t livered cost of materials is necessary cottonseed meal, while NoV2-is not v m vvm l.ne ai""m OI um ue in order to determine which material a cottonseed meal at alL but. as stat-V ar&5. ou8 to- neip sour Wu .u . should be used. The following mate- cd in the, guarantee, is a "cottonseed Ju.st!y its purchase as an ingredient riaIs ar tbose most commonly used al", or a mixture ol.hulls and ef; er. -'; ' -f ... ' ? for supplying nitrogen: ' - feed me bought by careless-farmers for.cot. th3lfnitr.og.en itS?'"?; tonseed meal and at the "current price '3. "-"Will not the lime tend tdiiber- ? the nitrogen ih the -manure? rJ " '4. Please " inform me' also what Nltrosren Nltrate of soda .......... Sulphate of ammonia, i '..y 20 per cent Cyanamld . . . . . . . . . Iff to 20 per cent and crops which require available supplies of phospboric acid promptly and on soils deficient in humus, we think even at present high prices the, acid .phosphate will r give better, re sults: - For mixing with stable manure, for lanas aounaantiy . suppnea wun nu mus and for crops that are to stay on iff.5 per cent the land two or more years, such as clovers or pasture plants the ground phosphate rock will be found most cent vvv".i w..v.w , - "'"'-"" of cottonseed meat. 1 T . - ' - . percentage ot nitrogen, u any, woum - " ;::;;;; r to S'TSTret V 1 A . er 1 L.-L' be available for the USe Ol CrOOS in Tankaa-w 6 twl2 oercent tuiiuuii, ymy j.o per ceni oi ffoj 00ri11ci. tlat hA Uin in- Dried blood ' 0 to 14 - percent around twice as much phosphoric acid cent of ammonia and could -not be a heaP' outdoors, 'foOnany years, un It is generally agreed'that a. pound per ton and usually sells.for less than sold in some i kteras9 cottonseed til, it appear; a rich and mellow as 6f nitrogen from one of these mate- half the, price per ton. i;: meal. To make ' such - a" low-grade . stumP rt' Tfle "sawdust has entirely rials;. used by the crops, is. worth The Thomas-phosphate, or basic meal it is necessary to mix more- rotted"" - " about th same as a. pound from any slag, in addition to the phosphoric acid ' hulls with it than;'thib The nitrogen in nitrate of soda- it contains also contains 35 to 45 per. of the oil requires " It is usually' more' 1X1 wmcn they-are asked, as follows : and sulphate of ammonia is more read- cent of lime, which is wortn some. of cottonseed meal ,V2.- No. ' - - ' ganic materials, -like -cottonseed meal, . valued only as; the ;,yalues of burned ' " v 3- YesVbut the, amount of lime is tankage and fish scrap, because these 'lime or ground limestone as a source small that this effect will not be ortranic materials must rof before of lime. .Some have" estimated its unat SmCent Meal Means ,geat.! - : :C " ; they give up their nitrogen to A READER wants to know l?What Such a formula is simply ridiculous, soil water, ready for use by the half that - of acid phosphate, . while. 11 is meant by 8 per cent cottonseed : The manure, the 'acid, phosphate and plants.- For this reason, possibly -'two ; certain American manufacturers guar; neai and how am I get 8 per cent meal? . wgnt -per. cent mpal ii:mpnt rnn to know when 1 the rich dirt are all good, but tne la- applications stiouid.be made to a long antee as mucn as yu per cent avana- - -' bor of'mixing'ls largely lost .The- "growing; crop' like- cotton Jf .tmore; blei Many, readers seent.tbl'think we; - manure and -dirt will do most good soluble materials are used to supply should state tnat tney snoum use one taming the. equivalent in nitrogen of : by rotting : in; theso'il and the 'phds- the nitrogen especially pn: ,aA sandy ? particular material or one; particular ? per cent of ammonia. A'meal which .phoric acid inthe acid phosphate' is --soil. - - y, " . . ' .brand or. grade of mixed goods and; -- 6ucnaiuccu to enntaitt x nr rnt nf aireaav ..: soiuuie or avauduic iur uic - . .vvitn iiicsc ictis uu Lfivvi . uj i.,vo.-vwu .v ammonia is spoken of -as 8 per centuse.of the plants, the salt is useless his nearest station, any one should be some vothec; materijrt vor,; : grade of. ' cottonseed" meal. Of. course . it does " and the-, small' amount of .lime will - able to decide which .materials he wilt; goo users per cent make 8 per cent of nmmnmo T withranvrmaterial containing consid-of nitrate of soda, then there are 310 0f niant foods anrf their availability er words, the so-called & .'per ' cent ef able amounts ; of' organic matter, : pounds in a ton, and'at $60.a't6n the jn the different materials on their, cottons 19J5 cents aoound. '-f; tt,0 cent of nitrogen.; or 100. pounds 1: Woods mold, because such mixing Or if m 1(KI, pounds ot cottonseed meai cost of a pound of plant' food, al- ottthe so-called. 8 per cent meal con- causes a! loss -of nitrogen from . the there are 6.6 pouhd nitrogen, then .fc avail- ains .as much nitrogen as Would7 be organic m .. ' . ' . onejon there are 132. pounds If we ability for the. soils and crops ' on contained in 8 pounds oframmonia. -T i 4.; The o this estimate the 56 pounds of phosphoric which 'they propose using the'fertiliz- ascertain if 4 J li& "u':tfAut 9n kcA " which the ton iOf iCOttOnseed : llnW An IhU tktv ran never ner' vre.d . . The' comoosition of this rotted meal probably contains, at o cenis a USe or buy. fertilizers intelligently. loblcat the ; sawiust . 'will depend' on; the woods pound or. and tne pounds oi. t - - . -, - ; offered for sale is:the:so:caried 8 vcul meal one only-has tc r .tet that cottonseed meal possibly - onr other: ; considerations. : the price of .pe meai,;we-nave. tne per8.whlch x ordered from you a few days contains R rd. -i. ir " . : 5, , rtc ArtlA ntlrncrpfl ,It the COttOfl 'ipn - I cannMer It 10 cents well spent, and that It eZi The Progressive - wwxa x4 i ii v r -va( MaaA. .i. aaii . i .1:.. .'.iakaaj-' ai.x&MM aa 1 xht 1 . rrn II I I a-I LUSLa ' ww - c - w contains 6.5Q cn or 41.19 per per cent of mtrd haulmg shorrllistances -nd cent of protein, or rottjed and large loads are hau : .' use one.Robert Harrel- . , Jd 1 SV..." '
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