THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



March, 1913 



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commeinicing: to apply the modem method 

 of scientific manajfement and costs to thi 

 business. The farmer who puts on tl 

 one side his returns from his crops ar 

 against that sets the labor and other cos 

 for each particular crop, instead of bulkir 

 the whole farm, and charging his ov 

 labor as worth nothing, is constantly < 

 the watch for opportunities to increa' 

 profits by the two available methods, i 

 creased output atid reduced material ai 

 labor charges. That man is finding o' 

 the value of such aids as fertilizer. Fu 

 thermore, he is studying their methods 

 application. When he sees two plots • 

 ground, idemtical in quality, so far as a 

 be judged, from one oif which increase 

 returns are given from the use of fert 

 izers, and sees that increase is more thi 

 enough to pay for the fertilizer used, 1 

 comes to the inevitable conclusion th 

 the fertilizer is worth usimg. 



Now I am safe m saying that I kn< 

 at least as well as Dr. Dandeno how th 

 increased return was brought about, 

 other words, I do not know. Whether tl 

 nitrogen, phosphorus, ajnd potassium co 

 tained in the plant and presumably taki 

 from the ground are a portion of what w 

 put in by means of the fertilizer, or wb 

 ther they are part of the original soil, 

 is impossible to decide. Perhaps bactei 

 helped the plamt to take up this materi; 

 perhaps the material added as fertiliz 

 acted as a catalyser — that is, helped t 

 reaction without entering into it — as it h 

 been claimed that iron, maganese, ai 

 chromium do. But the fact remains th 

 the plot ifertilized gave more and bett 

 crops ; and the further fact remains th 

 on continued, even if decreased, fertilij 

 tion. that plot will continue to yield sat 

 factory crops ; whereas it has been prov 

 beyond a doubt that continued croppij 

 without fertilization will soon result : 

 decreased yields. 



But after all, the discussion of theori 

 is aside from the point of issue. T 

 farmer is trying to increase his profii 

 He has found that fertilizer will help hi 

 to do that. If he can find anything el 

 as efficient, he is ready to employ it. 



The iconoclastic utterances of Dr. Da 

 deno are not only without any proof, b 

 give no hint as to a remedy for the alle, 

 evil. If Dr. Dandemo, instead of atte 

 ing to belittle the results attained 

 others, and befogging the minds of tho 

 who thought they had begun to see ligt 

 would come forward with a substitute f 

 present fertilizing methods, he would J 

 of more value to the community. Possii 

 he has one and I have forestalled his a 

 nouncement of it. Perhaps his article ai 

 its discussion only lead up to a dramat 

 disclosure to the world of epoch-m. ' 

 discoveries. Let us hope so. Fo- 

 main who could grow Dr. Dandeno's oa 

 teria, crop them, put them up in oe 

 packages ready for application — by sei 

 drill or hypodermic — could command sm 

 a market that he would drive the fertiliz 

 mem out of business in a month. 



In closing, let me say that this lett 

 is not written for criticism. I have e 

 deavored, in so far as is possible, to avo 

 personalities and statements that could I 

 twisted to suit anyone's purpose. So th 

 if this comes to the eyes of Dr. Danden 

 the only answer requested is some fac 

 or figures that will tend to substantia 

 his statements. 



Leonard T. Acton, M.A. , 



Clarkson, Ont 

 RESULTS FROM FERTILIZERS. 



Editor, The Canadian Horticulturist: 

 gave me great pleasure reading over D 

 Dandeno's criticisms. I fancy many i 



