Selection And Application Os
Fertilizers For Person County .Crops
(By A. G. Bullard, Agricultural
Teacher Bethel Hill High
School)
The time is drawing near when
every farmer in Person County
must decide on the analysis and
amount of fertilizer he is going to
need for his ccrops. This is a very
important decision to make and
should be given a great deal of
thought before purchasing his sup
ply. In the following paragraphs I
will discuss the recommendations
for the principal crops grown in
this county.
Tobacco Plant Beds
Tobacco plant beds require a
fertilizer containing 4 per cent nit
rogen, 8 per cent phosphoric acid and
3 per cent potash. Two hundred
pounds should be used for each one
hundred square yards of plant bed.
After the top two or three inches
of the soil has been stirred well,
mix one hundred pounds of the
above mixture with the soil. Apply
the same amount the second time
and drag until fertilizer is well mix
ed with soil.
Tobacco Fertilizers
The analysis of fertilizer to use
under the tobacco crop will depend
somewhat on the type of soil and
amount of organic matter present.
On the less productive soils of this
section a fertilizer containing 3 per
cent nitrogen, 8 per cent phospho
ric acid and 6 per cent
potash, should be used at the rate
of 800 to 1000 pounds per acre. On
the more productive soils use 800
pounds of a fertilizer containing 3
per cent nitrogen, 10 per cent phos
phoric acid and 6 per cent potash.
In each of the above analysis one
half of the nitrogen should be de
rived from high grade organic ma
terials of plant or animal origin, the
remainder should be derived from
standard inorganic materials. Pot
ash, sulphate of potash and sulphate
of potash-magnesia. The phosphoric
acid should be derived from super
phosphate.
In applying any mixture of ferti
lizer it is very important to mix
the fertilizer well with the soil. This
may be done by running a single
shovel down each row after the fer
tilizer has been drilled. This prac
tice will give a better stand and al
so make the tobacco start a quick
growth.
Bam lot manure is used to some
extent on flue-cured tobacco and
good results are obtained when it
is properly applied. A coarse, dark
tobacco will likely result when
barn manure is applied to a soil al
ready rich in nitrogen. When ap
plied to the lighter and poorer soils
a better quality will most likely
result. The manure should be
broadcast in the fall, if possible.
Care should be taken not to make
the application too heavy. Five tons
per acre is enough for tobacco..
Good results have been gotten by
placing some manure on thin spots
in the field.
Com Fertilizers
The com soils in this section re
quire a fertilizer containing 4 per
cent nitrogen, 10 per cent phospho
ric acid and 4 per cent phos pho
mixture should be drilled in the
row at planting time and mixed
well with the soil at the rate of
300 to 40 pounds pper acre. A side
dressing of 15 pounds of soluble
nitrogen when com is about knee
high will increase the yield.
Com is not as peculiar as tobac
co about the sources of materials in
the mixture but a well balanced
mixture should be used.
Wheat Fertilizers
Although the time for applying a
complete fertilizer to wheat has
PggL_it would be well to discuss it
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I’M SOLD
It always works
Just do what hospitals do, and the
doctors insist on. Use a liquid laxa
tive, and yon can bring yourself to
clocklike regularity without strain or
fll effect
A liquid can always be taken tn
gradually reduced doses. Reduced
dosage is the secret of any real relief
from constipation.
Ask a doctor about this. Ask your
druggist how very popular Dr. Cald
welrs Syrup Pepsin baa become. It
gives the right kind of help, and right
amount of nelp. Taking a little less
each time, gives the bowels a chance
to act of their own accord, until they
are moving regularly and thoroughly
without any help at all. '
'• Dr. Caldwell s Syrup Pepsin con
tains serma and cascara —both natural
laxatives that form no habit. The ac
tion Is gentle, but sure. It will relieve
ar" f ~-*-« rnru l'M -
due to constipatian without upset.
here. A mixture of 4 per cent nit
rogen, 10 per cent phosphoric acid
and 4 per cent potash should be ap
plied in the drill at planting time
at the rate of 200 to 300 pounds per
acre. When the wheat is about four
inches high in the spring apply 10
pounds of soluble nitrogen per acre
as a top-dressing.
Garden and Truck Fertilizers
Fertilizers for the garden and
truck patches should contain large
amounts of nitrogen and potash. A
5-8-6 should be used at the rate
of 600 to 800 pounds per acre at
planting time. Side dressing with a
good nitrogen carrier after crop be
gins to grow will pay. Applications
of barn yard manure along with
your fertilizer will furnish the need
organic matter.
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Starting with 300 baby chicks
last April, Askew Strickland of
Middlesex, route 1, Johnston Coun
ty, made a labor income of $154.30.
His expenses were $181.00; income
5185.95, and inventory gain, $149.-
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Attention Farmers
WE HAVE ON HAND
A SPECIAL PLANT
BED FERTILIZER.
SMITH DOUGLAS
BLUE RIBBON
ALSO OTHER BRANDS
T.B. DAVIS J. I. BROOKS
STORAGE AT OUR HOMES
Your Fertilizer Is
Mow 1 READY =
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PERSON COUNTY TOBACCO IS ALWAYS IN DEMAND. IT IS ONE OF THE BEST TYPES THAT IS GROWN
ANYWHERE AND IT WILL PAY YOU TO GIVE IT THE BEST CARE.
YOUR YEAR’S WORK MAY BE IN YOUR ONE TOBACCO CROP. TAKE NO CHANCES, GIVE IT GOOD FER
TILIZER AND CARE AND WITH THE PROPER WEATHER CONDITIONS YOU WILL HAVE A BETTER CROP.
WE WILL BE GLAD TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT YOUR FERTILIZER PROBLEM AN D GIVE YOU OUR
PRICES AND SERVICE.
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Frank Whitfield * Robert Hester
Pioneer Warehouse - Bushy Fork Store
ROXBORO, H C. BUSHY FORK
PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C.
DUKE UNIVERSITY
MUSICAL CLUB
HERE TONIGHT
Fifty-Five Musicians to Render
a Varied Program at High
School.
ADMISSION 15 and 25c '
A program of unusual variety in
musical styles and moods has been
arranged by the Duke university
musical clubs for the concert to be
given here tonight. Classical, semi
classical, comic and novelty num
bers, familiar lyric ballads, and
modem jazz all find a place on the
program to be presented by the
55 Duke men in High School audi
torium.
Directed by J. Foster Barnes, di
rictor of choral music at Duke, 30
voices selected from the more than
100 in the Duke men's glee club will
sing standard vocal compositions of
Handel, Tschaikowsky, Greig,
Kountz, and Praetorius, and several
lighter selections from Gilbert and
Sullivan operators.
The 30-piece Duke concert or
chestra, with Robert B. Fearing di
recting, will render classical instru
mental numbers. Fearing will also
play a group of violin solo selec
tions.
John Cole, popular lyric tenor,
Joe Mackie, baritone, and Hayward
Henderson, tenor, will be present
ed as vocal soloists. The university
male quartet, of which Henderson
and Mackie are members, will har
monize on a number of comic and
novelty numbers, such as “Sopho
moric Philosophy” and Italian Sal
ad,”
A1 Preyer and his orchestra will
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;sgg|i§; ! form of the receiver—without extra charge. This free col- Jgggg
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fiKSjjH rail haul, assures trouble-free and economical freight service.
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you prefer to collect or deliver your own less-than-carload i£E|||
j3*g|H freight.
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lpla|l see that your goods are collected and delivered with prompt- |p|3||
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give a brief program of modern
jazz. This dance band, organized
only this year, has rapidly gained
popularity with followers of popu
lar music in and around Durham.
The orchestra plays regularly at a
Durham hotel and broadcasts twice
weekly over the Durham radio sta
tion.
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More than 20,000 feet of drain tile
has been ordered cooperatively by
farmers of Duplin County this
winter.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, tm"
State Warrants For oi.*
Times’ Office.
The beginning of the indqstry of *
crushing soybeans for their oil wah
begun at Elizabeth City, North Caro
lina, December 13, 1915.
Ten farmers conducting crop ro
tation demonstrations in lower Hali
fax County secured an average of
73 bushels of peanuts, 393 pounds
of lint cotton and 1,117 pounds of
tobacco an arce last season.