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! i. f NEXT '.WEEK: FARM SOCIAL LIFE AND RECREATION SPECIAL , - - - m - -V EASTERN EDITION ..; A Farm anjpie Weekly for The Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, and Florida. FOUNDED 1886, AT RALEIGH, N. C. Vol. XXXII. No. 50. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1917 $1 a Year; 5c a Copy Save All Manure, Straw and Leaves for Fertilizer W --;-..- ITH commercial fertilizers scarce and high-priced, every pound of -home-made fertilizers should be carefully saved and used in 1918. With nitrogen at 35 cents, phosphoric acid 6 cents and at night should be provided, plenty of straw, leaves or other absorb ent materials should be used in the stables and barnyard, and all manure should be put on the fields as soon as practicable after it is made. A: i v - ' - ff WHEltE CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT, THE TRACTOR MAY WELL CONSIDERED AS A LABOR-SAVER AND MONEY-MAKER potash 30 cents a pound when bought in commercial fertilizers, it ,is of interest and value to calculate the plant food values of the mater ials commonly found around the average Southern farm. Stable manure, of which we waste a tremendous amount, contains in each ton about ten pounds of nitrogen, worth $3.50 ; five pounds of phosphoric acid, worth $.30; and ten pounds of potash, worth $3, or a total of $6.80 per ton. To this we would add a value of at least $3 per ton for the humus value of the manure and. because of its promotion of beneficial bacterial activities. Thus, where potash is needed, as is the case over much of the Southeast, a ton of manure is worth about $10, while in those sections where potash is not needed, tfton of manure is well worth about $7. When we consider that an an imal weighing 1,000 pounds will in a year produce eight to ten tons of manure, we can begin to see the importance of saving every possible pound of, this material. To do this, cheap sheds for housing the stock DON'T FAIL TO READ- Making a Farmer Out of a City Man . Spray Your Orchard Suggestions ..... Marketing Virginia Wheat Notes From the International Livestock Show at Chicago . . . . . . ... . . . Farmers' Short Courses in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida ; . . . . If You Have Wood to Sell, Sell Now . . . Seven Ways to Increase Winter Comfort on the Farm . . . . . . . . . ... . About Borrowing Fro nv Federal Land Banks A Variety of Comment Cooperate With Your Local Paper , . . Every Local Union Should Have a Trade Agent . . Page 4 5 6 11 12 12 12 13 13 13 22 Straw and leaves are another source of plant food and humus, that should not be overlooked. These will probably average higher than ,stable manure in- nitrogen, and fully as high in phosphoric acid and potash. Moreover, since they contain less water than the average manure, their humus-making value will be considerably greater. When other work is not press ing, several days may well be devoted to hauling these materials out of the woods and putting them on the fields. In the meantime, keep fire out the woods. Fer tilizing material' worth $10 should not be sent up in smoke. vWe are not suggesting that these ma terials, be used to take the place of com mercial fertilizers, but rather that one be useij to supplement the other. As a mat ter of fact, present prices for practically everything we raise justify heavier fertil ization than ever before. So we would not only save all the manure, straw and leaves, but would go rather strong on commercial fertilizers as well. It is a time for making every ounce of plant food do its duty. 4 11 i if! f if V t .T v. i
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