The RURAL NEW.YORKER 
1497 
THE MAILBAG 
Fertilizer Value of Tobacco Waste 
I have a chance to buy some tobacco, 
stem and leaf, from which the nicotine 
has been taken, at much less than I can 
buy 2 per cent fertilizer, which now costs 
me $39 per ton, cash. What percentage 
of potash would this tobacco have, and 
would it be practicable to use it on land 
for potatoes, beans and grain? A. S. 
Town Line, N. Y. 
Of course this refuse tobacco varies in 
composition. A fair average would con¬ 
tain 2 per cent nitrogen, 0 per cent of pot¬ 
ash and less than 1 per cent of phosphoric 
acid. If there is any large quantity of 
it. the best plan is to have a fair sample 
analyzed. The best way to use it would 
be to add acid phosphate in order to get 
more phosphorus. About 600 lbs. of acid 
phosphate to the ton of tobacco waste 
would make a fair fertilizer. 
This Land is Sour 
I bought some mountain land two years 
ago; am cultivating one acre of it now, 
but do not get tin* desired results. I 
have sown turnips three times each year, 
and they do not even come up; have used 
different seeds, so I cannot blame the 
seeds. Field corn does fairly. It is sandy 
soil, has lots of leaf mold ; lots of moss 
grows there; wild strawberry and huckle¬ 
berry ; has been lying uncultivated for 
about 25 years, we are told. mbs. b. j. k. 
Of course, no one can tell surely with¬ 
out looking that land over. The indica¬ 
tions are that the soil is very sour and 
lacking in organic matter. Corn (at least 
some varieties) will do quite well in a 
sour soil, while turnips need lime to do 
their best. The wild plants you speak of 
thrive on a sour soil, and moss also grows 
there. These are the indications, and we 
should use at least one ton of burned lime 
to the acre, well harrowed in after plow¬ 
ing. Rye, if seeded this Fall, will make a 
fair growth, and next Spring it could be 
plowed under. That soil needs organic 
matter, either manure or crops like rye, 
clover, beans or turnips, plowed under. 
We should give it a heavy dose of lime 
and then plow at least one full crop of 
rye or clover into it. Never let such soil 
remain bare. Keep something growing on 
it all the time, and plow or spade every¬ 
thing you can into the soil. 
Measuring Hay in Mow 
How much hay should be left in. bot¬ 
tom of mow to leave five tons? Mow is 
now full of hay and measures 11x22x20 
ft. I wish to take out all of the liay, 
which is Timothy and Alsike, and just 
leave five tons. w. G. F. 
Sherman, N. Y. 
The ordinary estimates of such hay run 
from 4S0 to 520 cu. ft. to the ton. It 
depends upon how close the hay is packed 
down, and of course the bottom of the 
mow or stack will weigh more to the 
square foot than will the top. Ilay is 
now too expensive to risk any guesswork. 
It would pay to have this hay weighed 
out, if possible. If that cannot be done, 
you can cut out a-chunk from the solid 
part of the mow with a hay-knife. Make 
such a chunk, say 3x3 ft., and have that 
weighed. Then, with this weight and the 
size of the chunk, you can estimate how 
much would he required for a ton From 
the ordinary estimates, a mow 20x22 ft. 
would contain a little less than one ton 
for each foot of depth at the bottom. 
School Tax Notice 
Will you send me a form of correctly 
worded school tax notice to be put up in 
a country school district? A. G. 
New York. 
There seems to be no specified form for 
such tax collector’s notice in this State. 
A simple statement that the subscriber 
has received the warrant for the collec¬ 
tion of taxes for the district, and notice 
of the place, or places, where he will re¬ 
ceive the same, and the dates between 
which they may be paid, be ng given. A 
notice in about the following form is 
usually posted : “Notice is hereby given 
that the undersigned. Collector of Taxes 
for District No. 17, in the Town of 
Frankfort. i^ T . Y.. has received the war¬ 
rant for the collection of taxes in said 
district, and will attend at. his home in 
the above mentioned district for 30 days 
from Sept. 20, 1919, from 9 a. in. to 4 
p. m.. for the purpose of receiving said 
taxes. John Doe, Collector.” M. B. d. 
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