1900 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
185 
In Need of Lime. 
J. R. 8., Perrysville, Pa.— One of our fields 
Is so full of Red sorrel that It takes pos¬ 
session of the soil, no matter what crop 
we put In, and as to getting a catch of 
clover or Timothy, it seems useless to try 
it. The soil is otherwise in fair condition. 
Would you advise an application of lime, 
drilling in what I could with oats this 
Spring, and the same thing with wheat in 
the Fall? The field yields good wheat. An 
institute speaker told of great results in 
his own fields from drilling 10 or 12 bushels 
of slaked lime to the acre. We have to pay 
18 cents and haul it eight miles, which is 
rather high in price for a land dressing, but 
I really am at a loss to know what else to 
do. 
Ans. —We are quite sure that in a case 
of this sort lime would give results well 
worth the cost. We would rather broad¬ 
cast the lime after plowing, and work it 
in with the harrow before drilling the 
oats. One fair application in this way 
will do as well as to drill it with both 
oats and wheat. 
Some Potato Questions. 
A. E. B; Westfield, N. J.—What variety of 
potatoes will prove the most profitable in 
this locality? Will Bordeaux Mixture kill 
the scab on the seed potatoes? Will Ger¬ 
man potash salts applied in the row keep 
the grub-worm from eating the potatoes? 
Will second-crop seed potatoes produce 
smooth salable tubers? 
Ans. —For early varieties June Eating, 
Bovee or New Queen. For late. Carman 
No. 3, Orphan or Uncle Sam. Bordeaux 
Mixture is not used for destroying the 
scab germs. It is better to use corrosive 
sublimate—two ounces in 15 gallons of 
water. Soak the seed potatoes in this 
for iy 2 hour, then cut and plant. An¬ 
other soaking solution is eight ounces 
of formalin in 15 gallons of water—soak 
two hours. We have not found that or¬ 
dinary applications of the potash salts 
will prevent attacks of insects. Our ex¬ 
perience with second-crop seed potatoes 
has been satisfactory. 
Hen Manure as Fertilizer Filler. 
U. IT. C., Waverly, Pa.— Your issue of Feb¬ 
ruary 17 is very interesting; but it does not 
answer fully the question that I would like 
to know. For the past 10 years I have 
handled ready-mixed fertilizers, but do not 
think that I have got my money out of 
them. I have thought of buying the differ¬ 
ent ingredients and mixing them myself. I 
see that potash is laid down in four or 
more different forms; do we need all of 
these forms in making up a mixture, or will 
either one be sufficient? In mixing this 
fertilizer myself, I understand that I must 
have a filler in which to mix these ingredi¬ 
ents. Will clean hen manure kept in 
plaster do? I want a complete fertilizer 
for three or more crops. I wish to use my 
hen manure on oats, potatoes and corn. I 
will weigh out 500 pounds of hen manure 
and eight of plaster; this is made fine 
enough to run through my grain drill. How 
much potash is needed, and what form, for 
this mixture, also the nitrogen and phos¬ 
phoric acid, and how much of these? Give 
the mixture for potatoes and corn, using 
the 500 pounds as basis; and after being 
mixed, how much shall I put to the acre? 
Will this mixture be safe to put into the 
hill for potatoes, or would it better be 
drilled in the ground before marking it out? 
Ans. —The different forms of potash 
all come out of the same German mine. 
In all of them the potash is soluble. 
Kainit contains about 12^ per cent of 
potash, muriate 50, and double sulphate 
about 25 per cent. Muriate is the cheap¬ 
est form, for you get more pounds of ac¬ 
tual potash for a dollar, with less use¬ 
less weight to handle. The sulphate 
contains no salt, as muriate and kainit 
do. It will not cake, and gives a little 
better quality on some crops. We ad¬ 
vise different forms of nitrogen because 
one form is more soluble than another. 
Nitra'te of soda is as soluble as granu¬ 
lated sugar in water. Sulphate of am¬ 
monia is less soluble—you might com¬ 
pare it to a hard cake of maple sugar in 
water. The organic forms of nitrogen— 
bloou, tankage, bone, cotton-seed meal, 
fish, etc., vary in solubility—like various 
kinds of candy. The plant can take its 
food only in a solution. A crop like 
oats planted in cold ground, should have 
soluble food right at hand. 
Hen manure, dried and crushed fine 
enough to run through a grain drill, will 
make a good mixer or filler with chem¬ 
icals. This manure is valuable chiefly 
for the nitrogen which it contains. This 
nitrogen is organic, and should have 
some more soluble form with it for 
crops like oats and potatoes. If well 
dried out with plaster the manure may 
be smashed up with a heavy spade or 
shovel on a hard floor. If you have a 
small hand mill run the manure through 
that and sift it through a fine sieve. For 
oats use 500 pounds of manure, 100 of 
muriate of potash, 275 of dissolved rock, 
and 125 of nitrate of soda. Mix it thor¬ 
oughly and use 400 pounds at least per 
acre. For corn 500 pounds of the fine 
manure, 75 of nitrate of soda, 300 of dis¬ 
solved rock, and 125 of muriate of pot¬ 
ash. Use 500 pounds per acre. For po¬ 
tatoes mix 400 pounds manure, 200 
nitrate of soda, 150 muriate of potash, 
and 350 dissolved rock, and use at least 
900 pounds per acre. You may safely 
put this mixture in the hill or drill. 
This plan of crushing the dried hen 
manure and mixing it with chemicals is 
the most economical use to make of it. 
Prehistoric Corn. 
C. O., (No Address). —Would you recom¬ 
mend the “Prehistoric” corn for central 
Illinois? 
Ans. —I have seen a variety of “pre¬ 
historic” corn in Missouri, that came 
originally from a prehistoric mound in 
Arkansas, and that is a very remarkable 
and excellent variety. It has been under 
cultivation for nearly 10 years, and is 
thought by the grower to be one of the 
best kinds of corn he ever used for gen¬ 
eral farm purposes. It grows very large 
and tall stalks, which bear abundantly 
of fair-sized ears. The grains are of 
medium size, soft and dented, and 
bronze in color. The grower is experi¬ 
menting with it by selecting certain 
types that suit his fancy, is crossing 
with other varieties, and also preserving 
the original type. He says his stock is 
very fond of 'it, the hogs eating it before 
other kinds fed at the same time. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
Night Soil and Muck. 
8 ., New Baltimore Sta., N. Y.— I had ll)0 
or more loads of muck thrown out last 
Summer during dry time. A person near 
here cleans vaults of water-closets In the 
village in Spring, and will deliver same 
here and put in muck heap (after muck is 
drawn from swamp to place for compost 
heap) for 25 cents per barrel. Will it pay 
me to make compost heap at these figures? 
Ans. —This would mean about $1.50 
per ton, which is about all the night soil 
is worth for fertilizing purposes. It is 
worth that to haul it, and if you are 
short of manure, it will pay to use at 
that price. The plan of absorbing it in 
muck is about the best use you can make 
of it. The chief value of this night soil 
is in the nitrogen it contains. It is weak 
in both potash and phosphoric acid. If 
you use it 'in all the muck you might 
well mix in two tons of muriate of pot¬ 
ash and five of dissolved rock as the 
pile is made up. We thoroughly believe 
in this plan of using the mineral fer¬ 
tilizers to improve manure or compost. 
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