Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, August 29, 1913, Page 7

THL EVENING TELEGRAM, ul\R ELAND, FLA., AUG. 29, 1913, PAGE .Evey PERMANENT SOIL FERTILITY There is another feature of waste- ful extravagance that is very com- |m0n with our Florida farmers that I wish to call your attention to, viz.: the method of care and waste of or. dinary farm manures. The idea has come down to us from our fathers that farm manures should be well rotted before they are applied to the land; this is all right if the proper conditions are ob- served. If they are leached in the rains they lose heavily, the nitro- gen mostly leaching away. If they heat the nitrogen {s decomposed and the ammonia of it is carried off in the air, which you can readily smell it you pass that way. The Ohio experiment station, as well as several others have made a careful study of this phase of the matter, and have found that the fer- tilizing value is diminished three- i fifths by lying in the barnyard from | * spring to fall and that, too, when on good clay soil. What must the loss be when it lies on such sandy so0il as we have in Florida? The treth of the matter is we llm\'n very little left but the humus and what little phosphorus was in the plants of which it was made. If it is tloroushly decomposed, the potash that was in the plants has been leached away ag well, To overcome this waste the best farm practice is now to spread it upon the soil or in the fleld as soon ag it is removed from the stables. There are two methods practiced in the dairy regions of the North. One is to use finely ground rock phosphate with the bedding as an ab- sorbant and remove every morning and spread it upon the flelds. The other is to mix the phosphate and bedding and apply sn such abund. e ance as to be a complete absorbent and remove and spread upon the lands as often as necessary to keep No. E i E the barns from becoming too full, ‘;l‘lm io & prescription prepared especially | In recent years barns have been con- Fl"v:flo‘:';fi%m;fi”;gks.: 5535‘:’ structed with cement floors and of if taken then as a tonic the Fevyer wxl'l niot | Isu(h height as to allow the accumu- return. It acts on the liver better than |lation of a winter, the stock are al- Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25¢ {lowed to run loose, but enough ab- sorbent is added every night to keep GET WISE’ Bay your Matting Now. 3c per yard reduction on all Mattings ing more attractive than a Nicely Furnished Home US---we can furnish that home for you and you will iss the money either. List of Contestantsin Word Contest: T. J. Mardis 18603 Mrs A. E. Miller 17145 Moore 13166 *“ W.H.Austin 11867 G L Crews 1167 *“ M. L Mcintosh10313 Sharpnack 7707 °*° AdaPadrick 4437 E.R.Trammel 4425 " W.H.Fleming 4236 Reed Tillis 4013 “ 6.W.Friend 2326 J. F. wilson 1832 KELAND FURNITURE aio HARDWARE CO. lfl?!OTHlNG knocks out clothing so f st as autoing, but who wants to "AA | quit riding in an automobile or go- Y ing for an outing? Then, prepare for it. Let us furnish you a sensible Top Coat to keep off rain, wind or dust---also, a cap and stout gloves. We sell comfort- able clothes, but they always have the “SNAP” to them. (. We will not “PUNCTURE” vyour pocket book for more than we ought to for the better clothes we sell. | Outtitter The Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothlngl “LUCK IN CHOOSING GLASSES is something you don't want to trust to. Never buy them without having your eyes tested. Have it done by us and it will be done thoroughly and accurately. There will be nothing “chancey” about 1t. — A Buying glasses any other way is like taking medicine in the dark. It's dangerous. | e . mmvtrlsts Phone 173 lakeland Fla, 1S mighticr than the when youhave oney ourBank ess chance came your way, in the shape of a r a share in a thriving business, it would be out a check for the amount If sickness or fhome, it would be nice to have monmey in the nice to have money in the bank, no matter I, because it is a safe-guard against possible old nd POVERTY. bur Banking With Us National Bank LAKELAND Life of Linen Biry work s what you are lesking for and re givhig. Try us, d Steam Laundry West Main M. l them clean, the tramping pa ks it so firmly that it does not ferment in their cool winter seasons. How it will work in this climate the writer 7 WIill be able to inform you in about a year, for he is now testing the same methods out here. Cement j floor, rock phosphate, as an assist- RO\ ‘%q;)\ NEV.AWAY 4 ON YOUR BUILDING repairs, alterations, etc.— get most for your money in lasting satisfactory work by building with CEMENT Cement construction means cut: ing out repairs, upkeep expense, stc.—gives you best appearing job and on that really costs the least eventually. !ant absorbent and plenty of bedding { The question as to the length of time we can go without cleaning out will {depend upon the heating, and the ‘breeding of flies. The health oflicer | of Jacksonville, Fla., says that the only way to prevent the breeding o. flies is to have cement floors, as he has found fly larvae three and in some cases four feet in the "round where they had plank floora, course it would be no better :n tl.xs respect where no plank were uscd, as is generally the case on Florida farms. If the mixture of the phos- phate with the bedding keens down the breeding of flies, we will he able to so report, and can leave the clean. ing of the stalls to our own conven- ience. The longer we can leave the Get our estimate on the job you plan. Lakelénd Anificial i Stone Works| H. B. Zimmerman, Prop. Special Prices BELOW WE GIVE A FEW OF 0U3 PRICES WITH MANY OTHER 300D8 OF EQUAL QUALITY AND PRICE. QUALITY OF GOODS IS THX FIRST THING WE LOOK AFIER AND THEN THE PRICE TO MEET TOUR APPROVAL WITH A GUAR ANTEE THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE AS REPRESENNED. THESE PRICES FOR CASH ONLY (8§ pounds Sugar for.........$1.00 Sest Butter, per Ib. ......... .40 Cottolene, 10 pound cat ...... 1.2b “ottolene, & pound . 3nowdrift, 10 pounds ... 3nowdrift, 5 pounds .... 3 cans Baby Size Cream...... Jetagon Soap, 6 for.......... 3roung Coffee, per pound ..... 3weet Corp, 3 f0F ....c000u0 e Sest White Meat, per Id. .... gal. Kerosene . s sba npound Lard, per Ib. ...... Feed Stuff is our specialty. We are out on South Florida avenue. But sall us. We deliver the goods. D. H. CUMBIE & CO. Phone 337 Lakeland phosphate mixed with the manure the more thoroughly it will be pre- pared for plant absorption, uot by being converted into phoephoric acid, as the fertilizer men claim they do, so the plant can take it up, but by bacterial action that prepares it for plant food. I suppose it has not occurred to taem to inquire into the matter of plants taking up acids I{ they had they wou'd find that no plants take up acids as food, they will take up alkalies and ma%e them into acids, sugars, cte., but tha only acid that plants take i8 carbonic, which it takes through its leaves and elaborates into wood mostly. I think I remarked before that the Creator had made wise provicion to prevent man in his great wisdem or supposed wisdom from even spoili.g the earth. One of these provisiona is to revert strong acids, like phos- phoric and many owners, back to some of their original combinations which are not acids, but the ele- ments that acids are made from. That part that is not reverted is carried off in the soil waters. Were it not for this wise provision much larger areas of the earth would now be barren and non-productive than now fs. W. H. C. (To Be Continued|) r————— NOTICE OF ELECTION. Whereas, the Honorable R, E. Scipper, elect- o4 as Counciiman for the third ward of the City of Lakeland, Fiorids, for the term be- gioning January 1, 1911, and cud!u lue-hr 81, 1913, has tendered his resigna City Councll and his resignation Icr ml ul:! office was accepted by the said City Councll at Its meeting held on August 21, 1013, eausing s vacancy for the unexpired portion of the sald term. Now, therefore, in pursuance of the power and duty vested In me as Mayor under the charter and ordinances of the sald city, be it known that an election will be held In the third ward of the City of Lakeland for the election of & City Councilman for the sald ward to fifl the unexpired term above men- tioned on Tuesday, the 2d day of Semtember, A D. 1913 0. M. EATON, Mayor. Attest: H. L. SWATTS, City Clerk. The Hub ... LeVAY CEEIEES wwEEE Seng 2" BATES’ ; DIPARTMENT STORE & » War Paint is on for Business. s Price is the Power. 3 To unload my Summer Stock - LOW PRICE has the job. Come in and you will decide the " time well spent. 'BATES EEG@ @@@ @I & 'l'fl@@ 3'&’)@@@@ B o) g N e W ey o o o o ) @ SO PR RO WW’M :De RiE SIiAM I’R[SSING CllJB . .. Pressing and Alteration. Ladles Work a Speclalty. Work tor and Delivered. Prompt Service . Satisfaction Guarsa- J M WELLES itucky Ave. Phone 287 Lakeland Paving& ConstructionCo. 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