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. 243 8) 7? FACTS ABOUT FERTILIZERS VIv How to Supply Our Potash Requirements By c A. WOOERS THE PHOGHESSIVE FARMER i 1 1 i n , i a a . . u I.. MEN of America- lYX readers of this paper! I have been advertising my land . clearing system lor 15years.SUrtine with a tiny little shop, Miles uateman and I two workmen have built up the greatest business of Its kind in the world There are more Hercules Machines in the field now making money for their owners than all other kinds out together. B. A. FULLER Why? Write and See Right now we have a special new propo sition to make on a wonderful new ma chine. It will make money for you. Write and see what it is. We will stake our 25 year record on its being: the best land clearing offer ever made, HER GULES Triple-Power Portable STUMP PULLER Unlimited fiuarantaa Rli in 3 to 5 minutes at a cost tstant' toficeai Land .... cleared faster and eheaaev than hv anv Athnr method. Clean an acre of land a day. 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Rultlvntnr Tt ArS work as good as higher priced Cultivators and wears as lone. Solid. mntimiAiu .-.lo spring balanced swivel parallel gangs aad fitronit Steel whfinla tlnn't fct, - -i mu jiociuuery Dei ore writing for our special cat alog. State what machine you want and give your -dealer's name. Hench & Drcm tola Cewseay, 1548 Sixth Aw. Yerfc, .-eeae. DUE to the European war,-potash may be cited. At the Coast Station salts are now selling from six to 40 pounds of muriateof potash per seven times as much as formerly, acre increased the yields of corn and The question therefore arises, can 0ats practically 3 bushels -each,-the they now be used profitably for fcr- cowpea hay was increased by 350 tilizer purposes? Another and close- pounds, and the seed cotton by 270 ly related question is the possibility pounds. At the Pee Dee Station corn of using other materials which either showed a decrease from the applica- act as substitutes for potash or enter tion of 83 1-3 pounds of muriate of into .chemical reactions which set potash per acre,! but the increase of this element free, and so bring about both oats and pea hay was about as a better utilization of the natural soil at the Coast Station, -while1 the in- supply. Also there, is the promising crease of seed cotton was 320 pounds suggestion of the adoption of sys- per acre. Cotton therefore as well terns of farming which will make the as the pea hay was especially bene- best possible use of the available fited by the application of potash. potash supply. - - Can Potash Salts Be Used Profitably At Present Prices? N THE consideration of the possi ble profitableness of potash salts, the fact should not be overlooked that the country is not producing, or able to get in any way soon, more than a small fraction of the quantity demanded previous to the war. As suming, however, an adequate com mercial supply, but at say 30 cents per pound of K20, for what crops, if any, can it be used with a reasonable chance of profit? In answering this question, a J number,.of factors must be taken into consideration : one is the soil need of potash; another is I The third consideration, the mar ket value of the crop, is the most important of alL At 30 cents, a pound for potash it is easy to sec that only those crops which give the greatest returns per acre can be seriously considered. Either . wheat, or corn, both the grain ancf the other parts of the crop being included, remove in the neighborhood of 1 1-4 pounds of potash per bushel, or 37.5 cents worth; pea hay, clover hay, etc., re move 50 to 40 pounds of potash per ton or $9 to $12 worth. On the other hand, a bushel of Irish potatoes con tains only about one-fourth pound of. potash, or 7.5 cents worth. With re spect to cotton, the approximate the special effect of potash deficiency figures are as follows : on the individual crop; and a third and vera important item is . the marr ket f" alue of the crop. Also we must remember that "theruse of any fertil izer is, attended 'withv: the risk of a very ' tinfa s Hblev season which will , make thg ap4 cation, next to worth less so far- asAejCrop of that sea son is concerned. With regard to soil, need, we canf PER BALE OF COTTON 600 lbs. lint cot- ton contain 2.30 lbs. potash 30c 1090 lbs. seed - contains . . 12.76 lbs. potash 30c Stems, leaves and bolls. . 44.95 lbs. potash 9 30c S 0.69 3.83 13.48 Total ....... 60.00 $18.00 To sum the matter up briefly, after reviewing the results of field experi ments obtained at various places, the safely say that the less the need the writer feels justified in saying that greater will be the risk in using, with the exception of cotton and cer- potash as well as any other of the plant food elements. There is at least one good reason for this state ment, to wit, that the less an ele ment is needed the. less it is apt to be the limiting factor in crop pro duction; that is, seasonal conditions and other disturbing influences often limit the crop. The results of the Rothamsted experiments, for ex ample, long ago showed that as the yield increased it became more and more difficult to make any further increases by the application of nitrate of soda, not because of any over-supply of this material, so" far as the plants were concerned, but be cause soil moisture Was insufficient tain truck and fruit crops, the use of potash salts for fertilizer purposes is not justified at present prices, and that .even for the crops mentioned their use is not warranted except on soils greatly in need of this par ticular element, and even then the amount used should be reduced below that recommendjed under ordinary conditions. Substitutes for Potash Salts THE question of substitutes for pot t ash salts is of importance not only now but in the future, At the out set it should be recognized that no other element can completely take tbe place of potash so -far as its As to the effect of potash on the different parts of the plant, the gen eral rule is, that a deficiency of potash affects first of all the stem and leaf growth. A considerably greater deficiency is- required to cut down the production of the grain of corn, wheat, etc. On the other hand, 4 a nay crop is particularly liable to be reduced by a -deficiency of potash. At the Tennessee Station, for ex ample, a ud potash plot where both a cowpea and a wheat croo have been , removed' each year for ten years in succession,' gave an average yield of 0.65 ton of cowpea; hay per acre for the last five years. An ad joining plot under the same condi tions, except that 50 pouhds per acre of muriate of potash was applied an nually, gave an average,.yield:of 1.09 tons of cowpea hay These same i.'m.y.'j-i.ms J For It Today I soroucanmake early A v I selections. It'a more lm- , I portant this year than ever , where you buy your aeeoa. ) We are fortunate In I being able to give you best lij f possible values In tested I early -cropping Seeds tor -Wma r I the South. Write for free ilia I catalog And prices TODAY. I Wood, SlDbbs & Co. I I ' -. 'Incorporated afl x - I tl'ul'"l I '- MPIUCay ' itSat.. Ss- A 2 Direct Gives Om Factory Man the Prices Power 10 -Day ymof a Giant to allow of a further utilization of it physiological functions in the plant are concerned, but the results of a number of experiments, such as those made in this country by Wheeler and Hartwell at the Rhode Island Station, show that sodium salts, help in a case of potash deficiency, that is, an appli cation of a sodium salt enables the crop to get along with the minimum amount of potash. Some of their re sults are of special interest. Various kinds of root crops, such as turnips and beets, were especially benefited by sodium salts, so that a onefourth ration of potash with a full ration of sodium salts gave nearly as good re turns as a full ration of potash In the case of mangel wurxels, sodium salts addedto an application of 300 pounds per acre of muriate of pot ash greatly increased the yield. 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KRSTIN COMPANY 5048 Ludingtoo Str t, Eecjtnaba, Michigan Largest makers In the world of Stomp Pollers . beUiwsdhfsowr. 1718 1 y l plots, .however, yielded 1SJ and 152 . by Hall, showed that cither sodfum uu3uc per trc OI wneai respeenve- or magnesium, sulphate maintained ly as the average for the last five crop yields without tmu t ntn work rOQ W ta rasea. hmomtiiB Trial. Ca in to a u-r. Kasy to atari. a. t avftawkaa. mil l.Mi i rrr . za years. potash, was therefore of ap- . number, of years, but that as time preciable advantage - to the crop of went on th . :..:" .:?.. US5SS ltw? fr thC Jse salts yielded tmV&aU& MfcorawiSi yields of . which were easily within ess but the plot where JtaX , )JLVSSS!.SSm the limits of error. ua ,i, T J?05 SSSV further jllustratinrthe effect of plot whe7e ITttth been used THst ottawa AHUFACTusMMrt I potash on . different crooi. exn.rl- a . 7 ccn . ea I01 Kins Street, crops, exoeri- A nraMiri irmi..: e . 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