102 CHEMICAL MANURES. 



Fertilizer and Excess in 



products restored. favor of soil. 



Azote 204 Ibs. 184 Ibs. 20 Ibs. 



Potash 238 " 202 " 22 " 



Phosphate of lime... 308 " 193 " 114 " 



This is the truth. It is not just to say. that the question of fer- 

 tilizers is an. idle one for us, we being sugar-makers and cultivators, 

 and that the use of them leads to certain ruin, or sooner or later to 

 the impoverishment of our lands. I see the contrary ivsuJvinp- from 

 the so-much decried system, for a source of greater or less prolit and 

 an increase of fertility flow naturally from it. 



It is easy to give this account without a long train of proofs. Is 

 not the production of beets nearly doubled ? Docs not the quantity 

 of pulp made follow the same proportions? Is not a richer and 

 more copious nutriment prepared for a greater nr.mber of stock, and 

 is not manure consequently more abundant? Then, the chemical 

 fertilizer, instead of excluding the manure of the farm, helps the 

 cultivator to produce it mori: cheaply and in greater masses. We 

 obtain an immediate increase of profit, thanks to the more soluble 

 and active agents of fertility employed, and a more' certain increase 

 of profit in the future from increased resources of manure, con- 

 sequent upon the increase of first returns. Those who affirm that 

 M. Ville proscribes the use of manure do not perceive that this 

 opinion is in direct opposition to the foundation of his doctrines, 

 since the chemical fertilizers certainly result in developing our re- 

 sources of straw and food. 



Now, I will admit that the two harvests are entirely sent off: is M. 

 Ville's system then dangerous of application? Certainly not; for 

 under these new conditions it is only necessary to give back to the 

 earth the' equivalent of what the pulp and the straw helped us to re- 

 turn to it. 



If we take away the pulp and the straw, the earth loses, as we have 

 said 



Quantifies. Price. 



Azote 63 Ibs. $11.99 



Phosphate of lime 16 " .21 



Potash 81 " _5._8_5 



Total of preserved loss $18.05 



Now, to end this question finally, and to know if, under these new 

 conditions, the methods of M. Ville are advantageous, it is sufficient 

 to inquire if the cost of production, being burdened by $18.05, the 

 result will be less remunerative. 



Now, on this new case, what is the result of the operation ? 



CREDIT. 



53,013 Ibs. of beets $100.73 



56 bu. of wheat 84.33 



4,888 Ibs. of straw _1M? 



Total... $198.99 



