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November 19, 1921 
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Inoculated Sulphur 
Its Value and Uses for Agricultural Purposes 
Part III 
Forms of Sulphur Usually Applied to the 
Soil 
The fact that materials containing sul¬ 
phur may lead to increased crop yields 
has been known for a long time. The 
use of gypsum was recommended by pro¬ 
gressive farmers and agricultural leaders 
in the eighteenth century. It was noted 
particularly that gypsum tended to in¬ 
crease the yields of clover, and for a time 
land plastfer came to be regarded as a 
specific manure for clover. Ultimately, 
land plaster failed to give increases, ob- 
of crops. Many soils are too acid for the 
best development of clover, Alfalfa and of 
other legumes. Such soils must be limed 
or treated with other materials that 
would reduce the degree of acidity. On 
the other hand, there are soils which are 
too alkaline. Some of these exceedingly 
alkaline soils contain carbonate of soda, 
which is quite injurious to vegetation 
when present in any but very small pro¬ 
portion. By the use of sulphur soils of 
excessive alkalinity can be made less alka¬ 
line, or even acid, if necessary. They 
then become fit for the growing of crops. 
In other words, many millions of acres of 
land, potentially very productive, but now 
of slight value, can be transformed by 
Table IV. 
Sulphur Experiments in Oregon 
Amt. of 
Yields, Pounds Per Acre 
Sulphur, 
( - 
A 
A 
Per Cent 
Soil Type 
Lbs. 
1915 
1916 
1917 
Total 
Increase 
Medford gravelly clay loam. 
• • • 
1,210 
2.200 
2.990 
6,400 1 
Medford gravelly clay loam. 
300 
3,950 
3,090 
4.540 
11.580 J 
81 
Phoenix clay adobe. 
... 
1.590 
2.600 
5.440 
9.630 1 
Phoenix clay adobe. 
100 
2,160 
4,780 
6,760 
13,700 j 
42 
Salem clay loam. 
... 
2,860 
3.880 
3.440 
10.180) 
Salem clay loam. 
100 
4,350 
9,300 
9,520 
23,170 j 
127 
Coleman gravelly clay loam. 
... 
1,500 
1,380 
2,880 \ 
Coleman gravelly clay loam. 
300 
2,130 
2,660 
4,790) 
66 
Tolo loam . 
1,610 
2,890 
• • • • • 
4,5001 
Tolo loam . 
300 
2,880 
3,770 
6,650) 
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viously because some other ingredients 
rather than 'sulphur became the limiting 
plant-food factor. The literature of our 
soil investigations contains very numer¬ 
ous references to the benefits obtained not 
only from land plaster, but also under 
some conditions from other sulphur-car¬ 
rying materials, like sulphate of iron, 
sulphate of ammonia, sulphate of mag¬ 
nesia, sulphate of potash, as well as ele¬ 
mentary sulphur. The use of the latter 
has been accompanied by striking results 
in the vineyards of France. In this 
country the use of sulphur or of other 
sulphur-carrying materials in connection 
the use of sulphur into land suitable for 
the growing of profitable crops. 
Sulphur Controls Many Plant Diseases 
and Parasites 
Certain fungi parasitic on plants will 
thrive best in neutral or slightly acid 
soils. The potato scab fungus, the scab 
of sugar beets and scurf of sweet potatoes 
are examples of such fungi. It is possible 
to increase the acidity of the soil to a 
point where these fungi would be checked 
in their development without reducing at 
the same time the crop yields. A very 
large amount of work has been done, par¬ 
ticularly on the control of potato scab, 
which is responsible for the destruction 
of many millions of bushels of potatoes 
Table V. 
Influence of Sulphur Applications on Total Yield. Per Cent of Scabby Tubers and 
Ilydrogen-ion Concentration 
, -Yield of Primes-. 
Treatment 
Check* . 
Sulphur per Acre— 
400 lbs.* . 
600 lbs.* . 
* Average of six plots. 
* Average of four plots. 
with the growing of Alfalfa lias given 
large and profitable increases. The 
table No. IV contains data bearing on 
this point taken from one of the bulletins 
of the Oregon Agricultural Experiment 
Station. 
Attention may be called to the fact 
that very marked increases in the yields 
of Alfalfa were produced from applica¬ 
tions of only 100 lbs. of sulphur per acre. 
In the case of the Phoenix Clay Adobe a 
single application of 100 lbs. of sulphur 
per acre caused a total increase in the 
years 1915, 1916 and 1917 of about two 
tons of Alfalfa hay per acre. The in¬ 
crease was very much larger on the 
Salem Clay Loam. 
Sulphur in the Elemental Form Best, 
Most Economical and Practical 
~ While all of the sulphur-containing 
materials used in the Oregon experiments 
increased the yields of Alfalfa, the farmers 
in that State feel that finely ground crude 
brimstone is the most economical source 
of sulphur for their conditions. This is 
readily apparent when we consider that 
it takes five to six tons of gypsum to fur¬ 
nish the equivalent of one ton of brim¬ 
stone. So convinced have the farmers in 
Oregon become of the value of sulphur as 
a plant food in the growing of Alfalfa, 
and some of the other crops, as to have 
been led to buy increasing amounts of 
this material. In some of the counties 
in Oregon farmers are pooling their or¬ 
ders and buying sulphur in large quan¬ 
tities. It is. estimated by the Oregon 
Agricultural College that about 2.000 tons 
of sulphur will probably he used in 1921- 
22 for this purpose. The use of gypsum 
will not be entirely discontinued, hut 
the amounts applied will decrease, since 
the cost of transporting and handling 
ground sulphur is so much less than that 
of transporting and handling gypsum. 
There is at present a steady and grow¬ 
ing demand for ground sulphur from an¬ 
other direction. It has been definitely 
shown by soil investigators that soil re¬ 
action (that is, the degree of acidity or 
alkalinity of the soil) has a direct in¬ 
fluence on the vigor and rate of growth 
Total 
,-Salable-■, 
Unsalable, 
Yield of 
Yield 
Clean 
Scabby 
Scabby 
Seconds 
pLI Value 
Bushels 
Bushels 
Bushels 
Bushels 
of Soil 
per Acre 
per Acre 
Per Cent 
per Acre 
per Acre 
Extracts 
350.1 
163.5 
64.6 
146.8 
39.7 
6.03 
339.1 
265.8 
29.4 
30.2 
42.6 
5.20 
342.7 
283.2 
19.4 
25.9 
33.4 
5.07 
annually. Table V shows the results ob¬ 
tained at the New Jersey Experiment 
Station in attempts to control potato scab 
by the use of sulphur, jacob g. lipaian. 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, NOV. 19, 1921 
FARM TOPICS 
A Wagon-box for Seed Com. 1348 
Organic Matter Needed in Soil. 1348 
Inoculated Sulphur . 1352 
The Western Fanner’s Days’ Work. 1355 
The South and the Cotton Crop. 1355 
Hope Farm Notes. 1356 
Killing Honey Locust. 1357 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Pooling Wool and Making a Market. .1347, 1348 
New Live Stock Laws Needed. 1348 
Some Observations on the Milk Strike. 1355 
Ration Without Silage. 1360 
Ration Lacks Protein . 1360 
Mock Silage . 1360 
Supplementing Silage . 1362 
Feeding Sprouted Barley. 1362 
Feeding Grade Holsteins. 1362 
Ration with Yeast Grains. 1362 
THE HENYARD 
Is It a Turkey-Chicken Hybrid?. 1348 
HORTICULTURE 
New England Notes. 1351 
Varieties of Mulberry. 1353 
Withered Grapes . 1353 
Curing Cucumber Seed . 1363 
Sawdust in Vineyard . 1353 
Grafting on Wild Thom. 1353 
Training Dewberries . 1357 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 
Velvet and Satin Cake. 
The Rural Patterns. 
Controlling Red Ants. 
An Oklahoma Thanksgiving Dinner. 
Labor Saving Suggestions . 
Old Patchwork Quilt . 
Bordeaux Sauce . 
Citron Recipes . 
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MISCELLANEOUS 
A Primer of Economics—Part LI. 1350 
Mothers’ Interest in Son’s Property. 1350 
Editorials . 1354 
Co-operation! What Sins Are Committed in 
Thy Name! . 1354 
The Crowded City Life. 1354 
To Florida by Automobile. 1357 
Another Remedy for Poison Ivy. 1357 
Publisher’s Desk . 1366 
