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Does your manufacturer 
print on the fertilizer bag, 
how ^much immediately 
availaftile nitrogen (viz., 
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Many do not 
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Acid Phosphate in Henhouse 
Is acid phosphate injurious or bene¬ 
ficial spread on the floor of chicken 
houses? Is acid phosphate assembled 
with chicken manure the best fertilizer 
for fruit trees? w. s. 
Mt. Holly, N. .1. 
Acid phosphate so far as preserving 
the hen manure and adding plant food 
goes is an excellent thing to use with 
chicken manure. We would not advise 
its use, however, on the henhouse floor. 
It will add phosphoric acid and will also 
act to preserve the ammonia, but when 
scattered over the manui’e so that the 
hens run over it there may be ti-ouhle to 
the feet of the birds. We have had some 
1 ‘eports that the hens walking over the 
acid phosphate have been troubled with 
sore feet and we should prefer to use land 
plaster, sifted coal ashes, or dry dirt. 
The best way of handling this kind of 
manure is to dry it out as thoroughly 
and quickly as possible. Then in the 
Spring the dry chunks may he ground or 
crushed and mixed with the acid phos¬ 
phate because the chicken manure is gen¬ 
erally deficient in phosphorus aud the 
acid phosphate will supply that. We 
think it will pay to take the extra time 
to crush the dry manure and add the acid 
plmsphate rather than to put the phos¬ 
phate upon the fresh manure. The acid 
phosphate and the chicken manure well 
mixed together will make a good fertilizer 
for fruit trees. It could not be callefl the 
best fertilizer for that purpose, but it 
will give good results. 
Value of Soot 
I would like to know sometliing about 
soot. I can get loads of it in our citj' 
fr(!e. Is it good for the land? Is it good 
to si)read around apple and peach trees? 
If so, should it be spread or plowed un¬ 
der? How much to the acre? 
Egg Harbor City, X. J. t. m. 
Soot is the unburned part of the fuel 
carried up by the smoke aud deposited 
on the chimney. Thus it will vary in 
composition, depending on the fire, and 
the height of the chimney. On an aver¬ 
age the soot from American factories is 
worth by analysis about 25 per cent, 
more than stable manure. It ma.v be 
used like any chemical fertilizer—broad¬ 
cast and harrowed in—its best value be¬ 
ing in nitrogen. It is valuable as a 
garden fertilizer, especially for cold and 
backward soils, as it darkens the color 
of such soils, and tliiis makes them bet¬ 
ter able to absorb and retain heat. 
Muck Swamps With Marl 
Since we prepared the article on 
handling muck and marl, on page C8, 
we have had many reports from farmers 
and scientific men. The muck in ques¬ 
tion was in a swamp which was under¬ 
laid b.v marl, while we answei'ed the 
question as though the ordinary acid 
conditions were present. It seems that 
in these marl mucks there is usually a 
neutral or alkaline reaction. Usuallj' 
such mucks are fairly well supplied with 
phosphoric acid, but rather low In 
potash, and being so close to the marl 
lime is not needed. They usually re¬ 
spond to nitrate of .soda and potash, but 
from their nature neither lime nor 
phosphoric acid will he needed. On the 
other hand, the acid mucks where the 
marl is not present are sour and require 
a different treatment. They are very 
deficient in fjotash, and are also short ot 
idiosphoric acid _ and lime. They are 
usually rich in nitrogen, but this is tied 
up in sour combinations, so as to be 
(piite unavailable. The advice we gave 
for the marl muck would be excellent for 
an acid muck, but would not apply to a 
location which was underlaid by good 
marl. It would not be necessary in the 
last named case to use lime with the 
muck. In fact, such a practice would be 
more of a detriment than a help. It is 
pointed out to us that all these mucks 
are short of potash, and that in looking 
about for potash supplies this season we 
should not forget ordinary straw if it 
can be obtained. As is well known, the 
greater part of the potash in the grain 
plant is to be found in the straw. For 
instance, a ton of oat straw will contain 
25 pounds of potash, while a ton of oat 
grain would contain 12 pounds. In rye, 
wheat, and barley the proi)ortionate dif¬ 
ference is nearly as great, aud it is pos¬ 
sible where straw is cheap enough to use 
it either direct upon the muck lands, or 
to use it as bedding and then haul it 
out for this purpose. Of course, with 
present prices it would be absurd to con¬ 
sider straw as a potash manure, and vet 
it is well enough to remember that the 
straw does contain larger proportions of 
the needed potash than any other part of 
the grain plant. 
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