Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 6, 1915, Page 12

THE COMPARATIVE VALUE OF FERTILIZERS (Written Specially for The Bulletin) I've just been looking over Bulletin 299 of the New York Agricuitural Ex- periment Station, dated October, 1914, and giving the results of analyses of commercial fertllizers gathered in that etate during the spring and sum- mer of that year. 1 don't think anyone would Le apt to pick it up for a little “light read: ing.” There isn't much of a “story’ to it, and it is terribly jerky and dis- connecied. The items don't “hang to- gether” and there is a woeful lack of pictures and quotation marks. 1 don't hink Miss Arabella Semiramis Skagi would eive it a second look, if should find §t opened on her boudoir cushione. Nevertheless, it’s a mighty interest- little booklet for s;fiy S cti facts rather than for than for dres big state, as col ecticut, for instance, more farmers than mnecticut has total population. The Builetin glves the manufacturer’s ad the trade name of sort of fertilizer eold in the the name of the place state, with where samples were bought, from Hicksville to Haverstraw and_ from ateles to Canandeigua. es the amount of nitrogen, o phoric acid, of potash and guaranteed by the manufactu be found in their product, s with the actual amount of analysis showed was contained. For {llustration, taking the fi in the report. a sample of * xmne F zer No. 2" was bought agent of the station at bag guaranteed {t contain 4.94 per cent, of nitrogen; analysis showed it actually " contained 4.93: t guaranteed it to contain § of available pho: the bag atain 5_per cent. of ly had 8.56 per nd, please, that this r compounded before r had shut off was_a rtilizers made u show tremendous reduc item.) In other words, here was a fertilizer h came up to and much exceeded guarantee in two items, while fall- rd in one oniy a h of cent. It was as it laimed to.be. 1t would take too long to go over the whole 912 samplegof fertilizer col- ected and analized by the tireless of th station. seem. have & ome came New York and cross-roads hamlets 1 to be dignified with a place any map I can get hold of. far as a hasty glanc d columns indicate vast majority of vlat which the fertilizers are sold or buy them ready mixed at the high er price. - Anyway, rieither the trade value or the selling price of a fertilizer are ac curate measures of the - value of the compound. The * value is what it can be bougit for on the marset; the “agricultur: is measured by the crops it w i duce. { There are fertiliz more than $40 a ton, and ar considering their oontents: there are others which sell for and are worth no_more, considering what they | contain. Yet this wide difference in may be utterly misleading as to| crop-producing values. | worth it, ] It may be that on the old soil of my | constantly re-worked gardens, the| higher-priced fertilizer wil give ti iree | times as good results as the lower- | priced. If that be so, then it cheap- er for me to buy one ton at $40 than | three tong at T On your f tended for fi€l other hand. prove priced combination o e cheaper- do just as In_which 7 340 will much good as the higher. les analyzed came up to guarantee, Ead in them all that the manufactur- ers said they had. One fertilizer, which was guaranteed to have 8.23 per cent of nitrogen, ac- tually panned out only 7.3 per cent. This is_as bad as any I have chanced upen. For one such, however, ~there are dozens where the- actual content was found to exceed the amount pro- mised. One, for another instance, guarantead 2.47 per cent. of nitrogen case you'd be foolish tc results which $20 would b buy for What the anlyses of the stations do is to tell the farmer what is contained in the mixture he What sort of a mixture his soils and his crops need they do not tell him. can't. No- body can tell him that so so surely as his own soils crops. and actually had 338 per cent: it| While the analyses tel guaranteed 20 per cent of phosphoric zot to acid, and really gave 25.48 per ceat repeated test and experiment, he wants to put his money i branch of the business is up to Others were proportionally as gener- ous. A very few showed wide varla- tions between guarantee and anal: but variations of such sort as indi- cated imperfect compounding rather| The curious thing to me than deliberate attempt at fraud. As|while these anaiyses are free tc illustrat! guaranteed itself to{farmers who will take the contain per cent of ph for them, so_f acid when it actually had per cent. However, this seme sam- 3 ot | ple promised only 4 per cent. nitrogen and really contai cent. As the station valua trogen is at least 16 1-2 cents a pound and that of phosphoric a<id only ¢ y he has determined that to 1 | fo i about e in the hops that it will not only imulate his crops, but will also help to release some of the potash alrcady in the so:l in insoluble form. He bought the carload on the agent's as- sertion; backed _ the company’s that th lime an: zed higher tban any on the market. Yet the anlyses in this very bulietin show that, while its pro- duct contains oxlde of lime equal to per cent of calcium, there are others on the market containing 41 per cent., 49 per cent., and even 65 per cent. 1 don't know what he paid. I don't know what these higher-grades cost. 3ug 1 know that he thought he was tting the highest anlysing limestone tainable, w n a fln\plv look into this table would have shown him he W We're not discussing, now, the wide question as to the comparative merits of commercial fertilizer and stable manure. Most of us buy more or less | of the former. Some of us, who haven’t cery strong faith in it, have to ve can’t get enough manure. expensive stuff, however we Considering the prices we get for our produce and the amount we have to pay in wages, it behooves us to watch our fertilizer outgoes very carefully. We can’t afford to buy stuff on an agent's “say-so” when we can buy what we need on our own “know- s0”. That's where the value of these analyses comes in. Having learned from our own flelds what we need, they afford us indubitable proof of what we can get. Then the question comes; How can we get that need supplled cheapes That mvst be settled by a compar] son of “trade” values and market prices with crop-producing effects. One thing is absolutely sure: No farmer ever yet knew so much that there wasn’t room for him to know at least a little more. And he's a ful spendthrift of opportunity if he throws away any chance, however small, of learning every little thing t may be to h ntage. THE FARMER. cents, it can readily be seen t tentional fravd would have the high-priced ingredient, then the lower-priced one. rather Although, the long list makes a | creditab showing for the honesly ofi the manufacturers, so far as quality or goous is concerned. not consider at all the prices to It does farmers. Equipped Than Ever to it gives a table of the —u value cf the diffes ent figure for himself Appointment. tilizer ought to cost. Nitrogen trade value from 16 1-2 to s a pound according to 1[3 source acid from 3 1-2 to 4 1 a pound, according to its source. | A fertilizer contains, we'll s s "nt of nitrogen in dry and fi | d worth 22 1-2 cents a|th pound. That's one hundred pounds in a ton, worth $2 ntains 8 per cent of water-soluble phosp time hand worth 4 1-2 cents a pound. ose reel, drawn by har 160 pounds of phosphoric acid in ne the s of progress The ton, then, fire fighting and phosphor farmer, at pares ti One Week's Special Sale .olid Brass Beds At The Following Reduced Prices: $11.00 $18.00 £21.00 $24.00 $£28.00 $32.00 " £40.00 BRASS BEDS. BRASS BEDS. BRASS BEDS. BRASS BEDS. BRASS BEDS. BRASS BEDS. BRASS BEDS. 62-66 Main Street. M. HOURIGAN, itution of ve been fires notably the Pequot fires were started on the roofs of a| dozen or more cottagea at the same time, when a small paid department could not possibly ‘e been as effi- clent and effectivc as the large body of volunteer firemen who responded f e Pequot fire, and the loss have been increased at least ten It is classed as a truism that there is a place for evervthing and eversthing should be in its place, but under the existing conditions there is no place for a pald fire department in| the city of New London. | too | 1t is ested that before it i late the New London GCounty His- | torical society management get busy and get a plece-of the remains of the old schooner Charles Coigate, the last lof the New London whaling fleet, for preservation among the collection of relics, before the old bulk is buried be- yond resurrection in Winthrop's cova Just. at the present time there is a temporary trestle across the cove in connection with the consiruction of the new railroad bridge, and the pro- cess of filling in the cove is well under way, and soon what remains of the ancient whaler will be completely cov- ered. This vessel was dismasted and dismantled over quarter of a century ago, by order of the owners, the late Francis W. and Sebastian Law- rence, and then towed into a final berth in the cove. Gradually the old hull began to show signs of decay, sunk and became embedded in the muddy bottom. but never entirely sub- merged. As time went on the remains of the Colgate became & public eyesore, but it was permitied to remain, just the same. But for the filling in of the cove for railroad purposes portion of that old schooner would probably have been visible for the next fifty years. -SALE PRICE $ 8.00 .SALE PRICE $14.00 .SALE PRICE $16.50 .SALE PRICE $20.00 -SALE PRICE $23.00 .SALE PRICE $26.00 .SALE PRICE $34.00 But now the last of New London whalers is being buried and it's old friends are taking a last view of the remains, hence the suggestion that a piece of the planking or timbers be preserved and properly labelled and added to the curios of the New Lon- don County Historical society. In tke days to come that bit of wood is liable to be of as much interest as many of the other articles in the valuable collection of the cociety. The Law- rences had the Colgate rebuilt, re- coppered and put in a staunch condi- tion for a trip to Hurds Island, in search of the crew of the missing bark Trinity, but the irip was never made as the Crew were rescued by the United States ship Merion, before the Colgate was ready to sail from New of the Old Charles Cclgate — C. NEW LO DON STAITS YEAR WELL Not a Fire Alarm During the Month of January—Better Handle Such Trouble — Last locon:o- and even he good inaily k in me. She was to her final resting tH!‘OP& cove, but not unti] ipping of the copper sheating and rything of marketable value was moved, ha! held her ams opencd on the muddy bottom, to r Charles F. Green, who is to be the next postmaster at Emduepart. the governmental position hat carries with it any than does tho Bridgeport STANDARD OIL STEAMER WRECKED IN MID-OCEAN. Crew of About 35 Rescued by American Liner Philadelphia. 2 v Yorlk, Feb. Oil Tank steamship Che: i sailed from this port on January for Rotterdam, was ‘wrecked a:*d aba.ndoned n mid-ocean and her crew | of about 35 were rescued by the Amer- ican liner Philadelphia, according to the {a wireless message received here to- day from the Philadelphia csptain. The wireless message received by the line did not state the exact num- ber of men rescued. Following in the er’s announcement: “Captain Mills this afterneon reports by wireless the rescue at 7.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, February 4,. of the crew of the Standard Oil tank *)l&i.me’l‘ Chesier, which was abandon- in a sinking condition in latitude 07 north, longtitude $3.58 west. “The Chester sailed from New York for Rotterdam January 33, with a car- go of ofl The Philadelphia, which left Liverpool lest Saturday afternoon, was 1,340 miles east of Ambrose chan- nel lichtship tiis afterncor, and will probably not dock until Monday. The Philadelphia has been delayed and in- dications are that the daley was due to her standing by the Chester and taking off the crew.” Officlals of the Standard Oil com- pany said that the Chester carried a crew of about 25. Other than the wireless, they had received no word taht the vessel had been wrecked. Only One of Its Kind. The more we read of it the more we become_impressed by the convic- tion that Herman Ridder's meutral- ity must be a fearful and wonderful thing—Philadelphia Inquirer. Mothers candepend upon DR.BULL'S CoughSyrup FOR CROUP.MEASLES. AND WHOOPING COUGH A FAMILY DOCTOR FOR 50Y 25 °F AT DRUCCISTS F. Green Gets Big| barring the awh...r and chain of Jo PART OF THE EMDEN’S Were Landed Safely on the Southwest| Berlin, Feb, 3, Sayville, L. L—According to a statement made today by the Overse: ws Agency, part of the crew of famous Ger- man uiser Emden e\adfid capture, hcom‘r A &hd, on Aysha reports that Com- m: Van Mu with the land- ing force of H. M. S. Emden, arrived near Hodeida, cn the southwest coast Arabia k- French for The foregoing statement is a state- ment in variance with [nouncements made in Par | kio.in December, to the effect that the members of the crew of Emden who made their cscape had been cap- | tured. Eari of Aberdeen Changes Title. London, arl of Abcrdeen, ant of Ire tention of Marquis of Te: announced g more accurate Wag ssionally All Next Week AUDITORIUM Shows 2:30, 7 and 8:45 Mat 10¢; Eve. 10c and-20c . RETURN ENGAGEMENT OF THE SHOW THAT DREW RECORD-BREAKING CROWDS Bedore Wi SAME CAST AS BEFORE WITH MONDAY and TUESDAY CREW ESCAPED CAPTURE. Coazst of Aribia. L‘mdeu tatement follows: men _were received > Turkish troops. Perim channel were not detected by English and Their landlng was nos ch armored cruiser official a and To-| Feb. 5. . “The retiring lorg lieuten- nnounced berdeen and Tara pro strong protests from Ireland, Har: Explaining It e are {t is said, 4,000,000 wage- | cooks To urier- be earners w cook.—Li ille nal. 15—People—15. * All New Bills, Changed Monday, Wednesday and Friday Pretty Girls—Catchy Music—Kippy Costumes—Dancy Music MAY McDONAL, THE BATTLE OF ALMOST EDNA MAISON IN THE HEART OF A MAGDALEN—TWO REELS usical Comedy CTo. THE VICTOR SONG BIRD AN EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION MONDAY arnd .- TUESDAY USUAL TIME AND PRICES [7RE;13 MONDAY, EROADWA ZVE., FEB. 8 JOHN C. FISHER Presents HAZEL DAWN N *“The Debutante” VICTOR HERBERT'S NEW OPERETTA TODAY MATINEE 3 SHOW> TODAY At 2.15, 645, 845 PAULINE: FIELDING AND CO. 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