American Agriculturist, marcn », 1924 
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LIME, LEGUMES AND 
LIVESTOCK BUILT 
UP THIS FARM 
W. E. Farver 
243 
The Mapes Formula & Peruvian Guano Co. 
TlfHEN Dan Hershberger purchased 
* / a 70 acre farm, in Holmes County, 
Ohio, five years ago, he tackled a big 
problem. The farm was badly run-down, 
in fact it never was very fertile. The 
hillsides had been farmed continually 
and consequently had become badly 
washed so that the fertility that was not 
taken off in crops washed into the ravines. 
By continual cropping the humus supply 
had been so nearly exhausted that it was 
difficult to secure a profitable grain crop 
or even a good stand of grass. 
Soon as he obtained possession of the 
farm he began to wage an offensive to 
bring back some of the lost fertility. 
What the soil needed first of all, he 
figured, was a liberal application of lime. 
There were those who scoffed at this idea 
since the farm is located on what is known 
as limestone soil. On various places over 
the farm were limestone ledges. For this 
reason many claimed it was all nonsense 
to apply lime. Dan Hershberger knew 
better. 
He figured that the soil was suffering 
from a lack of humus and that the best 
way to get humus was to make the condi¬ 
tions right in the soil for producing more 
vegetation of some kind, even if only 
weeds. The facts of the case were that 
it was difficult on some spots to get weeds 
to grow. He believed it to be as im¬ 
portant as liming, to get every ounce of 
manure on the fields as soon as it is 
produced. This was accomplished by 
the use of a spreader. 
His next step was to get legumes to 
grow and this he accomplished. After 
liming carefully and liberally he was suc¬ 
cessful in getting a fair crop of clover 
started. Next he introduced soybeans 
to his run-down acres. These he is grow¬ 
ing with success. 
Last but not least is the part the live 
stock plays, which has been touched upon 
when commenting above on the manure. 
He keeps a number of cows and horses. 
All of these are of high-grade breeding 
and he is constantly aiming to improve 
his stock. While no* purebred stock is 
yet on the farm, yet the results he has at¬ 
tained in building up his farm could not 
have been attained had not his live stock 
contributed its share. Every effort is 
made to produce all the manure possible 
for he realizes that manure makes humus. 
Mr. Hershberger has demonstrated 
beyond a doubt what can be accomplished 
by combining Lime, Legumes and Live¬ 
stock in building up run-down soil, and 
his efforts and methods are so easily fol¬ 
lowed that many others can likewise 
transform run-down and depleted soil 
into productive land. 
Good Fertilizer Cheapest 
How is burnt sawdust for fertilizer? I am told it makes 
a good fertilizer if it is kept moist so that the fire does not 
strike a flame while burning.— S. L. M., Pa. 
TF the farmers of the United States were 
■A to rely upon burnt sawdust fertilizer, 
it is very questionable whether our crop 
yields would be anything like they are 
at the present time. The only fertilizer 
value in burnt sawdust is the small 
amount of ash which contains a small 
percentage of soluble plant food, but 
it is very slight. Canadian wood ash 
contains a fair percentage of potash. 
Other than that there is little or no fer¬ 
tilizing value to ash. 
f e farmer who wishes to buy plant 
for his crops most economically 
will consider three things—filler, freight, 
and fertilizer. Those who buy low 
analysis fertilizers not only pay a good 
round price for the filler, which of course 
contains no plant food, but they also 
have to pay freight on this worthless 
material, thereby making it a double 
liability. 
The use of high grade acid phosphate, 
where phosphate alone is needed, and the 
use of high analysis mixtures will go far 
to eliminate freight and fillers and at the 
same time furnish the best of fertilizers. 
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©P&AFhoto ,i 
The Bark Wilhelmine, unloading at Jersey City a cargo of Peruvian 
Guano for the Mapes Company. The Wilhelmine has recently 
brought us one of the largest and finest cargoes of Peruvian 
Guano we have ever imported. It is from the Chincha Islands, 
justly the most famous of all the Peruvian Guano deposits. 
Send for Price List and Descriptive Circular 
The Mapes Formula & Peruvian Guano Co. 
143 Liberty St., New York City, N. Y. 
Hartford Branch: - 239 State Street, Hartford, Conn. 
