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V>hc  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
April  8,  1916. 
Soil  and  Fertility  Problems 
The  Fertilizing  Effect  of  Salt  better  results 
In  view  of  the  potash  scarcity,  do  you  *  ^ore  are 
think  an  application  of  100  to  400  pounds  that  we  would 
of  salt  (sodium  chloride)  would  prove  a  out  any  rnanur 
profitable  investment  on  such  crops  as  po-  ,  t.)OTn 
tatoes,  and  also  on  general  truck  and  farm 
crops  in  addition  to  fertilizers  now  pur-  bago  and  onior 
ebasable?  Would  the  sodium  partly  take  hog  manure  w 
the  place  of  potassium,  or  would  the  so-  ^110WU  to  me 
dium  make  the  potash  already  present  in  „  „ 
the  soil  go  further?  What  are  the  best  > allows  or  eg 
amounts  to  use,  if  at  all?  T.  f.  o.  and  cabbage  t 
Huntington,  N.  Y.  with  maggot. 
The  following  is  a  fair  statement  of  the  other  sections, 
action  of  salt.  Its  chemistry  in  the  soil  from  maggot  is 
is  not  fully  understood,  hut  the  chemists  is  used  that  w< 
believe  that  it  has  the  power  of  changing  gather.  Time 
certain  combinations  of  potash  in  the  plots  of  cahhai 
soil  so  as  to  make  that  element  available  one  grown  wil 
to  plants.  This  would  he  especially  true  with  commerci 
where  large  quantities  of  high-grade  for-  mire,  and  in 
tilizer  had  been  used  for  the  past  few  from  maggots  ’ 
years.  The  potato  manures  in  particular  where  the  hog 
add  considerabe  quantities  of  potash,  claim  that  hog 
This  goes  into  various  combinations  in  root”  in  cabbf 
the  soil,  and  the  salt  would  unquestion-  well  founded  tl 
ably  combine  with  some  of  them  so  as  to  cases  it  has  nc 
make  this  potash  suitable  as  plant  food,  of  mistake  in  i 
Just  exactly  how  this  is  done,  or  to  what  trouble,  many  i 
extent  it  is  done  could  hardly  he  told,  hut  mistaken  for  “ 
without  question  there  is  some  action  of  whether  the  s 
this  sort.  The  sodium  in  the  salt  will  dueed  when  hoj 
not  take  the  place  of  potash,  but.  for  some  li  flower  or  not, 
crops,  unquestionably  it  seems  to  give  re-  related  would 
suits,  and  apparently  makes  the  potash  go  out  on  a  small 
further  in  production.  On  the  other  hand, 
the  action  of  the  salt  is  to  retard  the 
formation  of  starch.  As  the  potato  and  Ferti 
the  sugar  beet  are  largely  formed  of  Every  year 
starch,  this  action  would  he  detrimental,  ters  from  pen; 
since  the  object  in  growing  these  crops  is  Rtuff'T^Coliech 
to  obtain  a  quick  and  steady  develop-  jf  onP  WPre  f, 
ment  of  starch.  That  is  why  the  highest  and  smell,  it  oi 
grade  fertilizers  contain  sulphate  of  pot-  a  fertilizer.  1 
ash,  rather  than  muriate  or  kaiuit.  By  fertilizer  streiq 
looking  over  the  fertilizer  bulletins  from  contains  about 
the  experiment  station,  you  will  find  that  phosphate,  am 
they  classify  the  potash,  giving  the  pm  ''wide 
amount  of  that  element  in  the  form  of  *2  for 
muriate,  which  means  that  part  which  Thus  it  would 
contains  salt.  It  is  probable  that  300  *ViFe  verv  far, 
pounds  of  salt  to  the  acre  would  increase  w<-mlci  make  it 
to  some  extent  the  amount  of  available  soil.  In  order 
potash  in  the  soil,  hut  it  would  have  the  garbage,  the  g 
effect,  on  the  other  hand,  of  retarding  the  steam ing^tlm" 
development  of  the  potato  crop.  The  as-  ,jrv  ;mff  using 
pnragus,  grass  and  grain,  or  root  crops,  grease.  Four 
would  be  a  better  place  for  the  salt  than  -v'eI]!?rtonf‘ 
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Little  sister  had  not  been  well,  anil 
had  b^eii  especially  trying  to  small 
Johnny  all  day.  Finally  his  patience 
earne  to  an  end.  “Mother,”  he  asked, 
"don’t  you  want,  little  sister  to  be  a  good 
wife  like  you  when  she  grows  up?”  “Of 
course,”  said  his  mother.  “Well,  you 
make  me  give  everything  to  her  ’cause 
she's  littler’n  me.  But  you’re  littler’n 
father,  and  you  give  him  the  best  of  every¬ 
thing.”  And,  before  his  mother  could 
move,  Johnny  tore  the  train  of  cars  from 
the  screuming  baby.  “If  we  don’t  begin 
to  train  her,  she'll  be  a  terrible  wife,” 
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Hog  Manure  for  Vegetables 
I  would  like  advice  on  using  hog  ma¬ 
nure  on  vegetables,  such  as  cauliflower. 
On  cabbage  I  know  it  will  not  work,  and 
will  always  turn  out  with  about  six  heads 
shooting  out  of  the  original  head.  I  am 
going  to  use  it  on  all  kinds  of  market 
vegetab'es  this  Summer;  it  is  now  mixed 
with  horse  manure  from  three  horses  and 
three  hogs.  «L  F.  P- 
Pomona,  N.  Y. 
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supply  of  good  hog  manure  is  to  be  en¬ 
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