Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, September 10, 1914, Page 3

A ,_ B OUR WEEKLY LIMERICK There once was a builder, by the name of St. Clair, Who was honest, and used the best Builders’ Hardware. " § deals at 3 ur Store here we szl it lore, re the assorimert is 2 and prices are fair. We Make a Specialty of Builders’ Hardware Keeping on hand constantly a full line of the many items needed by the professional contractor or the amateur builder, Hard wear is demanded of this class of Hardware, and you can . depend on the reliability of the goods we offer. ILSON JARDWARE CO. #@a [ty pounds of potazh Bartow, Florida HUFFAKER, PRES.. H. THOMPSON, VICE PRESH. W. SMITH, TREASURER ABSTRACTS OF TITLES nd ap-to-date plant. Prompt service. md business left with our Vice President at Dickson Bldg will prompt and eficient attention. me%m*mmm"i IRES which Caused the Loss of* $215,084,709 ....L. J. CLYATT, SECRETARY THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA., How to Utilize Potash SEPT. 10, 1914. Now in American Soil | e ————————————————————————————————— | How to Utilize American Potasn, .or How to Do Without German Pot Iash During the War, is 2 pamphlet by J. S. Brogdon, of Atlanta, Ga., j,:m analytic chemist, who is secre- American Ciewicai Society and also | of the chemical industries commit- tee of the Georgia Chamber of Com- merce, and is a reprint from the At- lanta Constitution of Aug. 25. We |give the text jn full, judging its |suggestions to be of great value in the emergency created by th pres- 'ent war in Europe. The fact that potash salts when !n plied as a fertilizer to the soil ltive profitable increase of crops is !beyond question. The fact now fconfrouls the manufacturers of ! commercial fertilizers and the farm- 'ers that the only source of supply of ‘potash has been cut off by the Eu- !ropean war. Only a small percen- |tage of the potash requirements for ‘the coming season are on hand and it is not likely that more can be Ilmporled as Germany has a world {moncpoly on this material. ! Since the potash famine exists 'and must be met, the writer bezs to offer a chemical means of utilizing such potash as we now have that is useless. We have plenty of potash in America if we will only put to use. Dr. Soule’s tSatement Dr. Andrew M. Soule, the presi- dent of the Georgia State Coilege of Agriculture, is supported by all the authorities of all the experiment stations when he said belore the National Fertilizer convertion at Atlantic City that good normal soil of the United States contains 7,000 to 10,000 pounds of potash to the acre. The most barren soil has as much as 1,000 pounds of potash per acre in the first few top inches. This potash is locked up, chemical- ly, so tightly that the plant cannot feed upon it. There is a key to this lock which works easily it you only know how to use it. Dr. A. D. Hall, director of the well known English experiment sta- tion at Rothamsted, said in his book, The Soil (page 219): “These show that as much as haif of the additions of soluable potash salts applied to the land during the past fifty years are retained chiefly by the surface soil. Much or the uerman potasn that has been applied to the American soil is still there. The writer is convinced that there has been a wo- ful waste of potash salts. About for- are reguired to grow a bale of cotton, and some of % this is returned to the land in the & |leaves and stalks. s The phosphoric acid of phosphate g; rock can be made into available acid & phosphate for plants by tieating it j» with sulphuric acid. Is 1t not just as reasonable to believe that the potash in the soil minerals can be made available by mineral means? These potash minerals of the soil are in a very finely divided condi- tion; many are not any lacger than the point of a needle. They are not soluble in soil water. This is the great problem — to render these small particles of potash minerals soluble; then the potash can be ab- sorbed by the weakest plant. An Exact Science Chemistry is an exact science, and it is positively known and defi- nitely stated by the most eminent chemists of the world, that when finely ground limestone comes in tary of the Georgia section of thei the soil, that a chemical takes place. This chemical reac- tion results in the fixation of the lime and the liberation of the po- tash. Dr. Milton Whitney, chief of tho United States Bureau of Soils, in Bulletin No. 48, compiles the re- sults of 13,000 experiments on 220 soils from all over the United States, having fertilized with phos- phoric acid, potash, nitrogen and lime. In each instance the increased yield due to lime is almost equal to that of nitrogen and is greater than ‘the increase due to potash. Cn a sandy soil from \Waycross, Ga., Dr. Whitney obtained the fol- lowing yields: Increased crop yields due to phos- phoric acid and nitrogen, 67 per cent. Increased crop yields due to phos- | phoric acid, njitrogen and potash, 79 per cent. Increased crop yield due to lime, per cent. Increased crop yield due to phos- phoric acid, potash, nitrogen and lime, 115. What Experiments Teach All these experiments teach that if phosphoric acid, nitrogen and lime are used together as a fertilizer larger crops can be gown than had phosphoric acid, nltrogen and pot- ash been used. Potash is not needed if limestone is used. It will be interesting to consider how much potash can be liberated by 100 pounds of limestone. If it were possible to carry out this chemical reaction exactly for every 100 pounds of limestone used, nine- ty-four pounds of actual potash would be liberated. In practice, however, it is not possible to expect any such yields, as it is impossible to get all the 'limestone in ocontact with the pot- ash minerals of the soil. It is hard to say how much potash can be lib- erated by 100 pounds of limestone. The practica] way s to put a great excess of limestone—as much as 2,000 pounds per acre would not be too much—to be broad-casted in the fall of the year. When applied in the drill smaller amounts will bring good returns. Nitrate of soda will also liberate potash in the soil. Potash May Be Omitted The writer realizes that some farmers will demand potash in their fertilizers. The manufacturer should explain the benefits of ground limestone and persuade him to use fertilizers that contain one per cent of potash mixed with ground limestone. The writer be- lieves that with liberal applications of ground limestone to the land pot- ash may be omitted from the for- mula. The use of cottonseed meal shoula be encouraged to the utmost. Cot- tonseed meal contains about two per cent potash and an equal amount of phosphoric acid. It is equel, if not superior, to all the ammoniates. 'If the farmers will use cottonseed meal to the exclusion of other am- moniates they will create a demand for their own products. The writ- er suggests the following formula ag fertilizer for cotton and corn: Eleven per cent phosphoric acid. Two per cent ammonia. One per cent potash, mixed with 17 e e i e o it a2 contact with the potash minerals in finely ground limestone. 11— in the United States in ¢ recent year were ascribed TO THE FOLLOWING CAUSES Defective chimneys. flues, fireplaces, lighting apparatus; equip- Matches, sparks and explo- followed and | 2,000 1bs. heating and faults of construction ment. sions lgured prominently, by incendiarism, electricity lightning. and sent the following reli- nies: § Dnderwriters, Labeled “UNKNOWN CAUSE!” Significant and Potent Reasons —————————————————————— Why You Should Be Provided With |[ing plan must be pursued: d Fire and Marine, $2,500,000 . 3,000,000 Fire Insurance Protection! t Huttord 'ANN & DEEN Room 7, Raymondo Building Your business will have the best at tention if placed with us. . B. STREATE R ONTRACTOR AND BUILDER aving had twenty-one years’ experience in building contracting in Lakeland and vicinity, I feel competent nder the best services in this line. If comtemplating ding, will be pleased to furnish estimates and all infor- on. All work guaranteed. bne 169. J. B. STREATER. Nearly One-fourth of all Fires Are Per cent. 1,257 1bs. 17 acid phosphate 250 1bs. 8 Cottonseed meal .... 111 1bs.18 nitrate soda 74 1bs. 20 manure salt 308 1bs. limestone cessfully if the one per cent of pot- ash can be secured. If it is not pos- sible to get the potash the follow- In the fall of the year broadcast and plow in 2,000 pounds of finely ground Per cent. 1,371 1bs. 250 lbs 111 1bs. 268 1bs. 2,000 1bs. 8 Cottonseed meal 18 nitrate soda ground limestone This formula can be used suc-’limest_one per acre. 17 1-2 acid phosphate.. .. 2—1 NH3 K20 Per Cent Per Cent 0.00 00 1.00 .26 1.00 .00 .14 P205 Per Cent 11.00 2.00 1.00 11.26 This will al- low the limestone plenty of time to liberate the potash in the soil. This chemical reaction is slow and re- quires severa]l] weeks. In the spring of the year the following fertilizer may be added when the crop is planted: 12—2—0 NH3 K20 Per Cent Per Cent 0.00 0.00 1.00 .26 0.00 P205 Per Cent 12.00 12.26 2.00 0.26 The be finely ground, for there are several mil- lllon pieces of potash minerals in the aoll and you want to put a piece of limestone in actual contact with ev- lery piece of potash mineral. The limestone must be ground so fine limestone must i SH040000000000004 00000049 that 21l of It Will pass through a sifter that has thirty wires inch, and eighty per cent of limestofe must pass a sifter has sixty wires per inch. The common sense of the matter is that it won’t do any good to haul some big limestone rock out in the cotton patch. per the that reaction |* ! granted, e ——————————————————————— School Board In Adjoumed Session Bartow, Fla., Sept. 4th.—The Board of Public Instruction met the of- fice of the Superintendent with all Superin- tendent present. Minutes of fornwer meetings read and ap- proved with the exception of agraph 8 of the minutes of .\u"lht relating to the erection of a school at Pembroke. This matter was referred to J. \W. Keon with power to act. The resignation of Miss Elsie Norton, teacher of the Kings school was accepted and the ap- pointment of Miss May Norton to fill said vacancy was firmed. Advertisement for sale school bonds to be issued and in behalf of Special District No. 3 (Winter Haven), was ordered advertised in the Florida Chief. The establishment of a school at Lucerne Park was the Board agreeing to furnish desk, blackboard, and a teacher provided that the pa- trons furnish the material and erect the building, and deed the site of one acre or more to the i adjourned session in members and the coa- of for Lower Prices Effective August 1st, *County Tax _ Joard. The “ireasurer’s report as fol- lows, was examined and ap- proved ;— Generaal School Fund. Balance on hand last month “To taxes on roll 1913. To Toll To! tax April Taxes 1913 redemptions 1014 $20407.02 paid month. Total ; By Warrants during the B 1,882.73 Hand .. $183524.30 Tax School Balance on Special Funds. Balance on hand last month To taxes on roll lm; To tax redemptions April 1914 Interest on deposit at the American State Bank - $39093.41 2.177.13 3795 AL 84143365 paid month . . warrants during the $ 50364 . $30840.64 was received Balance on [Hand Communicattion from J. G. Maxey, relative to es- tablishing a school about four miles west of Frostproof. Same was deferred until some later date. 4 on Ford Cars 1914 to Augustist, 1915 and guaranteed against any reduction during that time. f 0. b. Detroit. X * Runabout. . . A . Town Car, .. All cars fully equipped Touring Car ... 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