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which element was the key to a wheat 
crop on that soil. 
Potash gave the yield. The answer 
was clear, as the following figures show: 
Plot 
Yield of 
grain 
1 
No Fertilizer. 
per acre 
10 bu. 
2 
/ 600 lbs. Thomas Phosphate \ 
1 180 lbs. Nitrate of Soda 1 
25 bu. 
3 
| 600 lbs. Thomas Phosphate 1 
- 180 lbs. Nitrate of Soda 
40 bu. 
( 120 lbs. Muriate of Potash J 
Increase 
over no 
fertilizer 
15 bu. 
30 bn. 
The natural soil gave only io bushels. 
The phosphate and the nitrate brought 
the yield to 25 bushels, but when the 
potash was added there was an increased 
yield of 16 bushels per acre. It is evident 
that this increase was directly due to 
the potash, and when we compare the 
cost of the potash with the price received 
for 16 bushels of wheat we see that few 
other farm investments could have paid 
so well. Consider the price of wheat 
and straw on an Eastern farm and it is 
plain that no Western wheat field can 
compare acre for acre with such a yield 
as 40 bushels. The main reason why 
some Eastern farmers say that wheat 
will not pay is because they use the 
wrong kind of fertilizer. They use a 
smell of nitrogen, a peck of phosphoric 
acid and a pinch of potash. No wonder 
their yield is poor. Mr. McKenzie’s 
experiment shows why. The wheat 
crop demands potash. If the soil will 
not supply it the fertilizer must do so. 
A BUDDHIST TEMPLE 
A N exact replica of a famous Budd- 
^ hist temple in japan has recently 
been erected by Japanese workmen in a 
secluded corner of Fairmount Park, 
Philadelphia. While intended only as 
a curiosity it is visited by many Jap¬ 
anese residents of that city who pay 
devotion to the god Buddha. It is two 
stories high and resembles an Indian 
pagoda in its architecture. There is an 
outside balcony on the second story 
encircling the structure, which is forty- 
five feet high, thirty feet wide and sixteen 
feet in depth. Its roof is tiled, as are 
all Buddhist temples, in distinction from 
Shinto temples, which are always straw 
thatched. The chrysanthemum, which 
is the Japanese imperial crest, is seen 
prominently upon the roof. It was 
allowed to be put there when the impe¬ 
rial tablet was conferred upon the Tem¬ 
ple Sciouji. The two Deva kings, Bra- 
ham and Indra, stand on either side of 
Wheat lodges because the stems are weak. 
Potash 
puts vigor and strength into wheat straw, and firmness into the 
grain —saves the crop, and doubles it. 
We have pamphlets and circulars and reports that show how to 
use Potash, and what it does for soils and crops. Send a postal 
card and we shall promptly supply you with this money-making 
literature, free. 
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Address office nearest you. 
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