WHAT’S WHAT III
GOOD FERTIUZER
Information About Commercial Ferti
lizers Which Is Worth Keeping
For Reference.
By De F. Hungerford, College of Agri
culture, Fayetteville.
Fertilizers are materials that sup
ply one or more of the three most
important plant food elements—nitro
gen, phosphorous and potassium.
Nitrogen Fertilizers.
The common nitrogen fertilizers
are nitrate of soda, sulphate of am
monia, cotton seed meal, dried blood,
tankage and cyanamid.
Nitrate of Soda contains from IB 13
lfi per cent of nitrogen. It is soluble
in water and therefore immediately
available to the plants. The amounts
applied vary from 100 to 400 pounds
per acre. Because of its solubility it
should be applied either at seeding
time or as a top dressing after the
crop has come up. If used as a top
dressing it should be put on while
the plants are dry for otherwise the
leaves may be burned. Recent tests
have shown thatnitrate of soda is very
beneficial to apple trees when applied
at the rate of five or six pounds per
tree when the flower buds begin to
show a pin color.
Sulphate of Ammonia is a by-prod
uct in the manufacture of coke and
coal gas. jt contains about 20 per
cent of nitrogen, which is nearly ns
readily available as that in nitrate of
soda. It is used at about the same
rate per acre and In much the same
manner as nitrate of soda. Sulphate
of ammonia should not be used on
acid or sour land unless lime is ap
plied with it to overcome the acidity.
Cotton Seed Meal has been used
very extensively in the South as a
fertilizer, but it is coming into such
general use as a stock food that only
the inferior grades can now be used
profitably. The nitrogen content
ranges from 6 to 7 per cent, and it
contains in addition 2.5 per cent of
phosphoric acid and 1.7 per cent of
potash. The nitrogen is not soluble
and must decay in the soil before it
can be utilized by plants. For this
reason application should be made
one or two weeks before the crop is
planted.
Dried Blood and Tankage are not
soluble in the soil water and, like cot
ton seed meal, must be applied a
week or more before planting time.
Neither is used as extensively now as
formerly. Dried blood contains from
10 to. 13 per cent ot nitrogen.
Tankage is- more variable. Its
nitrogen content ranges from 4 to 12
per cent and phosphoric acid from 7
to 20 per cent.
Phosphorous Fertilizers.
The Important phosphorous fertilz
ers are acid phosphate, raw and
j steamed bone meal, basic slag, bone
! tankage and raw rock phosphate.
Acid Phosphate is ground phosphate
rock treated with sulphuric acid.
There are three grades containing re
spectively 12, 14 and 16 per cent phos
phoric. acid. Although the phosphorus
1 in acid phosphate Is readily available
and can be taken up by the plant as
soon as it is applied, it is not leached
out, because the soil absorbs and
holds phosphorus until the plants
need it. The rate of application is
from 200 to 400 pounds per acre. Acid
phosphate gives the best results on
heavy clay land and on soil that is
not acid.
Ground Bone in, the natural con
dition contains about 4 per cent of
nitrogen and about 22 per cent
of phosphoric acid, but the ma
terial ordinarily sold as a fertilizer
has been steamed to remove the fat
and glue which takes out most, of the
nitrogen. The result is a ma
terial with from 24 to 27 per
cent of phosphoric acid and 1 1-2 to
2 per cent of nitrogen. Bone phos
phates are not so available as acid
phosphate and give best results on
meadows and pastures.
Basic Slag Phosphate Is a by-prod
uct from the manufacture of steel. It
contains from 15 to 19 per cent of
phosphoric acid and from 35 to 50 per
cent of lime. The phosphorus Is
more available than In bones, but less
available than In acid phosphate. The
lime content makes it a good ferti
lizer to use on acid soils.
Raw Rock Phosphate is the un
treated, finely ground phosphate rock.
It contains from 28 to 32 per cent of
phosphoric acid. To be at all effective
the raw rock phosphate must be
ground to a very fine powder. At
least 95 per cent should pass through
a screen with 10,000 openings to the
square inch. It should be applied at
the rate of 1,000 pounds per acre once
in four or five years. It should be
thoroughly mixed with the soil by
harrowing several times.
Rock Phosphate is only slowly
available. It should not be used
when immediate returns are needed
such as on truck crops or on a rented
farm. It is most elTective on upland
soils that are slightly acid and well
supplied with organic matter. On
light., sandy soils it is doubtful if raw
rock phosphate will give profitable
returns.
Potash Fertilizers.
Potash fertilizers usually secured
from Germany, cannot now be obtain
ed, while the small quantity produced
in this country Is so high-priced that
its use is prohibitive.
Primitive Australian Savage
Most Marvelous of Hunters
Tn endurance and speed the Aus
tralian aborigine is not the equal of
the American Indian, and his weapons
of wood and poorly fashioned stones
are effective only at short range; hut
as a hunter the native Australian Is
: marvelously adjusted to his environ
; ment. the National Geographic Muga
! zine says. His success lies in an inti
i mate knowledge of the habits of anl
I mals on land, in the ground, in trees
and under water, and his wonderfully
I developed power of observation.
He decoys pelicans by imitating
their cries, catches ducks by diving be
hAv them, locntes an opossum In a tree
by marks on the bark or by the flight
of mosquitoes, fttids snakes by ob
serving the actions of birds and fol
lows a bee to its store of honey. Any
animal which leaves a track however
dim, in the snnd, on rock or in grass,
falls an easy prey to the black fellow.
Children are taught to truck lizards
and snakes over bare rocks and to find
their absent mother by following
| tracks too indistinct to serve as a
1 guide for a European. When a white
I man Is lost in the desert or a child
! strays from home, the final resort is
j to secure a “black tracker.”
It takes coaxing to get fowls to eat
food they are not accustomed to.
Keep a box of dry brnu where the
hens can have access to it.
When pullets start, they usually lay
eggs irregulurly for a while.
Bowel trouble Is often suspected
with turkeys when it is nothing but
worms.
Mature guineas taken to a strange
place are very apt to stray off.
Every farm should have a few geese
on it.
With poultry It is better to hnve
quality than quantity, if we cannot
have both.
It is not impossible to get winter
eggs. What one has done another can
do.
Leghorns nre delicately adjusted
machines, and It does not take much
to upset them.
Roup and many other poultry trou
bles are Infectious. Don’t forget to
wash the hands well after handling
sick fowls.
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Protect Your Telephone
T^INCE Bell invented the first telephone there
have been seventy-four types of Bell Telephone
designed to combine strength, simplicity and
utility.
Your desk telephone has more than a hundred parts and is
built like a watch.
Unstinted effort on the part of the Company keeps your tele
phone equipment in condition for instant service.
One of the ways in which you can co-operate with the Com
pany for good service is by never leaving your telephone where it
is liable to be knocked to the floor and damaged.
Every Bell Telephone u a Long Distance Station
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
We Can Make You
Some Good Clubbing Rates.
Upon City’s Mountain Tops.
Upon the top one of New York's
manmade mountains there Is the same
peaceful quiet as on the mountain top,
soys the National Geographic Maga
zine. No sound from the street below
comes up this distance. Men on the
sidewalks are infinitesimal dots, dart
ing hither and yon. Looking down
upon them one is inclined to relloct
what puny beings humans are, and
from this lofty point of view almost
forgets his sympathy for their per
sonal interests. Then comes the
realization that this mountain was
built by these puny beings from ma
terials dug out of the1 earth in a
crude stale, purified, shaped and fas
tened together in a munner that will
make it stand practically for all time,
and then a feeling of reverence for
the human brain—that God-given
boon which has rnude these things pos
sible.
Careless Pedestrians.
Leaving home for his place of busi
ness, u man of calculating miiul will
discover tlutt valuable time Is lost in
want of consideration by others for the
commonest rights of thoroughfare. A
friend of mathematical bent has calcu
lated that a hundred years of actual
working time are lost every day on
the streets of New York by thought
less people who take the left of the
sidewalk instead of the right, who are
negligent in crossing the streets and
hold up traffic or become inmates of
hospitals by inviting accidents.
He Was Wrong Right.
“I really believe, Will Atwood, that
you married me because I have
money,” she announced with a tine
display of feeling. “No, you're wrong,”
returned her husband, candidly. “I
married you because I thought you’d
let me have some of It.”
RAILROAD TIMt TABLE.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
LITTLE ROCK * MONROE RY.
South North
7:45 a. m.Huttig 5:69 p. m
9:50 a. m. Monroe 2:07 p. m
local. *
Leaves Arrives
11:25 a. m.. Huttig ... 12:30 p.m.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
FARMERVILLE A SOUTHERN RY.
North South
5:22 a. m. Huttig 2:32 p. m
7:21 a. m. Farmerville 5:45 p. rn
local, f
10:10a.m. Huttig. 2:22 p.m.
tArrives Monday, Wednesday, and Fri
day from Monroe and goes to Farmer
ville.
"Arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day from Farmerville and goes to Mon
roe,
LODGE DIRECTORY.
ROWLAND LODGE No. 594 F. &, A.
M.meets every second and fourth Satur
day evenings at 7:3Q o’clock. Visiting
Masons always welcome.
T. B. Weaver, W. M.
W. P. Reasons, Sec’y.
HOWARD CHAPTER, No. 122, R. A.
M.- meets every first and third Thurs
day evening at Masonic hall. Visiting
companions welcome.
J. M. Gibson, H. P.
C. A. Berry, Secy.
ZEDEK1AH, COUNCIL. U. D.. R. &,
S. M. -Meets every fourth Wednesday
night of each month. Visiting compan
ions welcome. T. B. Weaver, T. I. M.
R. N. Benson, Recorder.
HUTTIG CHAPTER No. 320. Order of
the Eastern Star, meets every first and
third Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Visiting brothers and sisters welcome.
Mrs. J. A. Brignac, W. M.
Mrs. L. G. Gibson, Sec’y.
HUTTIG LobGE No. 348 I. 0. 0. F.
meets every first and third Tuesday eve
ning. All brethern cordially invited.
H. C. Bedford, N. G.
Harlan Sehon, Secy.
HUTTIG REBEKAH LODGE No. 66,
meets every Monday night at 7:30 o'clock
Visitors are invited.
Mrs. Wilkie Frost, N. G.
Mrs. Murray Maroney, Secy.
SWEET BAY CAMP No. 4 1 1 W. 0. W.
meets every first andthird Saturday eve
nings. Visitors made welcome.
Lester Malone, C. C,
J. C. Bridges. Clerk.
Sweet Bay Circle No. 145, W. C..
meets every second and fourth Thursday
night at 7:30 o'clock. Visitors are cor
dially invited.
Mrs. E. S. Etheridge, Guardain.
Mrs. J. C. Bridges, Clerk.
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