Cost of Feitilizing
During the last three years the ex
periment station has been conducting
extensive fertilizer experiments on
fruit trees and alfalfa in this valley.
These experiments have been con
ducted in various orchards and on
various farms in all sectious of the
valley.
During this time very valuable and
interesting results have been obtained
from the use of commercial fertilizers
on alfalfa. It has been found that
on some types of soil the yield of al
falfa can be increased from 25 to
BOO per cent by the use of either su
perphosphate or gypsum. It has also
been found that no increase in yield
of alfalfa has been obtained on these
noils by the use of potash, nitrogen
or lime when used as fertilizers.
Since superphosphate and gypsum
have such marked increases in the
yield of alfalfa the writer decided to
determine why this was true. It is
well known that superphosphate is a
compound of phosphorus, sulphur,
calcium, oxygen and hydrogen. Oxy
gen and hydrogen are worthless in
any fertilizer, and for this valley cal
ium is also worthless in fertilizers,
aa our soils are naturally so well
supplied with lime. Phosphorus is a
valuable plant food, and many soils
throughout the world are deficient in
this element. The beneficial results
from the use of superphosphate have
always been attributed by chemists to
the element phosphorus. Sulphur has
senerally been regarded as a worth
less element in commercial fertilizers.
Gypsum or land plaster contains
only cal"ium, sulphur and oxygen. It
has already been stated that calcium
in fertilizers is worthless for our
soils, and oxygen is of no value In
any fertilizer.
We have noted that superphosphate
and gypsum produce similar results
in increasing the yield of alfaUa, but
gypsum contains absolutely no phos
phorus, potash or nitrogen the three
chief plant foods contained in com
mercial fertilizers. Chemists have
therefore concluded that gypsum is
only of indirect value serving a
chemical function in making availa-
XOTICK OF UKIMOIPTIOX OF
BONDS.
Notice is hereby given that im
provement bonds numbered 508 and
S09 of the city of Ashland, Oregon,
are hereby called for cancellation on
the rirst day of Juue, A. D. 1914.
Vpon presentation of said bonds to
this office the face value thereof and
accrued interest to said date will be
paid. Interest will cease from and
after said date.
C. II. GILLETTE,
101-2t-Thnrs. Recorder.
SiOOperTon
freight on feed from Portland or
Klamath Kalis. Hut you need not
pay It on your horse feed. We have
a. crop of grain grown in this valley
which we will steam-roll and sell for
$1.00 per sack. It is a mixture of
barley and oats which you know will
make a splendid summer feed.
Morton's niillfeed for your cow,
also $1.00 per sack. And of course
you haven't forgotten our price on
wheat.
Morton & Son
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Alfalfa
Reduced Many Per Cent
ble in the soil supplies of potash and
phosphorus already present.
Since the marked increase in the
yield of alfalfa here were attributed
to the element phosphorus in the su
perphosphate, the writer determined
to purchase phosphorus in the cheap
est form. Hence ground phosphate
rock, which contains 33 per cent
phosphorus, was purchased and used
in our fertilizer experiments, by it
self and also in combination with
stable manure. These alfalfa plots
thus treated have shown absolutely
no increase in yield over the check
plots receiving nothing.
These results 'indicated that the
marked increases obtained from the
use of superphosphate were possibly
not due to the element phosphorus
j in the superphosphate. Since ground
! lihosnha'e rock does not contain sul
phur, but superphosphate and gypsum
do contain sulnhur. the writer con
cluded that probably these increases)
in the yield of alfalfa were due to)
the element sulphur. Experiments
were started to determine this point.
A portion of a field was selected
where the alfalfa had been giving un
satisfactory yields for years. This
field was carefully plotted. Two
plots were fertilized with ground sul
phur, one plot with iron sulphate,
one plot with superphosphate, and
two plots with ground phosphate
rock. Che -k plots receiving no fer
tilizer were leu alongside the fertil
ized plots for comparison. The plots
receiving the ground phosphate rock
gave no increase in yield over the
unfertilized plots. Tho unfertilized
plots yielded practically the same
amounts as in previous years.
The plots receiving ground ' sul
phur, iron sulphate and superphos
phate,' at the rate of 300 pounds per
acre, produced an Increase of more
than 100 per cent over the unfertil
ized plots. It will be noted from this
that each of tnese three plots re
ceived in the material applied the
element sulphur. The ground sul
phur contains practically nothing but
sulphur; the iron sulphate contains
only sulphur, iron and oxygen, w hile I
the superphosphate contains sulphur,
phosphorus and lime.
These results show that the ele
ment sulphur when applied by itself
gave equally as good results as the
superphosphate. They also show that
a combination .of sulphur and iron
gave as good results as superphos
phate. It is clear from this that the ele
ment sulphur is of considerable im
portance as a fertilizer for alfalfa on
some soils in this valley. It is prob
able that the marked increases In
yield of alfalfa where gypsum has
been used is due to the sulphur that
it contains. It is possible that this is
also true of the. superphosphate.
These results indicate that the ele
ment sulphur may be of far more im
portance ns a fertilizer on some soils
than has been supposed heretofore.
For example, sulphur, so far as the
writer knows, has never before been
recommended as a fertilizer. Be
cause most plauts use so little sul
phur, and as most soils contain a
limited amount of this element, it
has never received serious considera
tion as a fertilizer.
The writer must state that he does
not know whether the chief value of
sulphur as a fertilizer for alfalfa is
due to its value as a plant food or
whether it is of value Indirectly In
making available stores of plant food
already in the soil. If the latter Is
true, then it should not be considered
as a fertilizer but as a soil stimulant.
These experiments are being re
peated in various sections of the val
ley to determine whether Sulphur
will give similar results when ap
plied as a fertilizer to our various
types of so If. Experiments ore also
being conducted to determine the
most profitable amount of sulphur to
apply per acre.
Our experiments have shown that
the total yield of alfalfa in this val
ley could easily be doubled by the
use of superphosphate' as a fertilizer.
The most marked Increases in yield
have been obtained from the use of
superphosphate on the poorer soils.
Some of the very fertile soils have
not given any increased yield from
its use. On such fertile soils applica
tions of sulphur will probably prove
of little value.
The most economical form in which
to purchase sulphur at the present
time Is ground sulphur. When pur
chased in this form It costs less than
2 cents per pound.
If gypsum Is of value In supplying
only sulphur, as these experiments
strongly Indicate, then Its use as a
fertilizer at present prices is not Just
ifiable. These experiments are being con
tinued on the original plots near Tal
ent, and the writer w ill be pleased to
show them to anyone vitally Interest
ed In the work. At the present time
ONE BED FOR THE COURT.
ft Waa a Big Ona, Though, and, H aid
AM Ita NumiroMt' MamKM.
The first courthouse of Henry
county. 111., was a frame structure,
eight feet by fourteen, set la the
midst of ii n uninhabited prairie. But
as litf.e villages began to spring up in
the county a lively contention for the
honor of being the county seat began.
Cambridge finally won, for It was
neurejt the center of the county.
This was in the forties of the last
century. The first session of circuit
court was at hand and Cambridge was
on its mettle to entertain the court
suitably. The difficulties to anything
but pioneer courage and resourceful
ness would have seemed insuperable.
The village cousisted'of eight or ten
little dwellings, a tiny general store, a
blacksmith shop and a carpenter shop.
The new courthouse was unfinished,
but would be used, ns the session for
tunately fell In the summer.
Now the housewives laid their heads
together to contrive how the court
officials, litigants and witnesses
should be lodged ami fed. There was
almost nothing that could be bought
except sugar, molasses, tea. coffee and
flour. But they had an abundant sup
ply of yellow legged chickens, home
cured hams, milk. ecus, butter and
cream, as well as their vegetable gar
dens to draw on. There was no fresh
fruit, but they brought out their cher
ished stores of wild plum marmalade
and wild crabapple preserves. Both
were made with molasses, and after
they had sufficient time to season were
really delicious. Besides, the hillsides
were pink with the beautiful wild wood
sorrel, the leaves of which nmko de
licious pies iu skillful hands.
The village boasted one group of
forest trees, a small grove of sugar
maples, half a mile away, and in their
shade Mr. Atwater built a long table
with sawhorses and boards. With the
combined stock of table linen, crockery
and cutlery possessed by the house
wives the table was laid with suffi
cient elegance, according to pioneer
standards, it was felt that the
would be properly feasted, but
about lodging? That was the real dir
Acuity. The tiny bouses and their
beds were full to overflowing: with
their proper Inmates.
But there was the loft of the car
penter shop. The store had a whole
bolt of unbleached muslin. It was
torn Into lengths equal to the length
of the loft , and sewed together by
hand, of course.
Then the loft floor was covered deep
with nice clean shavings, the Immense
sheet laid over them and tacked to the
walls all the way round. On this
Brobdlngnagian bed the court lay in
two rows. From tho extra supply re
quired for winter enough quilts were
mustered to cover the sleepers. As for
pillows no one gave a thought to those
effeminate luxuries. The lawyers
might lay their heads on their saddle
bags or their rolled up coats and be
thankful.
Thus was the circuit court sumptu
ously fed and sufficiently lodged,
thnnks to the ingenious women of
Ilenry county. Youth's Compunion.
When there Is no good within no
good comes-Dutch Proverb.
the effects of the various applications
are very noticeable.
F. C. REIMER,
Southern Oregon Experiment Station,
Talent, Ore.
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JOHN LEGGSPLAIN TALK.
Md"ln an Advertisement He Put In
the Paper In 1837.
Advertising In tho Sun three-quarter
of a century ago was worded more pic
turesquely than it is now in some re
spects. No big type was used, but the
advertisements hit the mark without
itsaid. It is to be doubted if some of
the advertisements which appeared
then could get Into print now, for they
were outspokeu to a degree which
would offend modern susceptibilities.
For example, here is an advertisement
which appeared in the Sun of Mav 2U,
1SII7:
To Shoemakers-10 Kackmen Wanted.
The subscriber gives the highest citv
wages for good work and begs thoite
worthies who would filch him of his stuffs
not to vialt him. It would be an axree
able surprise to him if John Kemp, Thom
as Trliigle, Isaac Morgan and a few oth
ers would bring in the work they have so
long "forgotten" to return.
JOHN LEGO, 164 8th n venue.
The trade supplied cheap and good.
'Kackmen" seems to have gone out
of use completely. It Is not given iu
any of the modem dictionaries, but one
of them hns "eaefc, a baby's shoe."
which It calls shoemakers' cant.
In the same number of the Sun T.
Baxter of 8 Fulton street advertised
that he wanted broken bottles, but he
did not state his use for them. There
are several advertisements for men to
go on whaliug voyages. New York
Suu.
A Lesson In Curling.
Inexperienced Member (to venerable
skip) What's a patlid. Mr. Macpher
son? Skip Dae ye no see, ye gowk?
Ye ding yer stane cannily, but nae so
tine as tae hog It Nae halflin fleg. nor
jinkln' turn, ye ken. but tentily. that it
aye gangs snoovtn' an' shouthrln'
amuug the guairds, till straucbt as an
elder's walk, hogye fa' on this verra
tee. When ye'ze dune that, laddie,
ye'ze made patlid. an' ye may bear th'
gree. Toronto Globe.
Even Worse.
"Why do they hate each other so?"
"They are rivals."
"Oh, both trying to marry the same
girl,, eh? That sort of thing certainly
does arouse a man's primal passions."
v"In this case it is worse than that
They are both trying to marry the
same fortune." Houston Post.
Barrett's Pun.
Lawrence Barrett, though stern and
dignified, could unbend a little occa
sionally. Once a opu!ar low comedian
proposed a combination with him,
which he declined.
"It would have been an unhappy il
lustration." said the tragedian in relat
ing it. "of Grin aud Barrett"
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You have often thought how nice it would be to own a country
home, at the same time yon did not like the idea of giving up those con
veniences that you were lined to in the city. If you owned the follow
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city, and at the same time you would liave a place that will steadily in
crease in value.
This place consists of 57 acres, 45 acres of which are in alfalfa, JO
acres in elght-year-old ewtown apples, with peach fillers. A five-room
modern house; irrigation for the garden; two large barns; a one-room
honse for help; electric lights. One mile from town.
The price of this place is $110,000; purt cash, easy terms on the
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M have a ranrh in Siskiyou county, California, of .lAO acres, 20
acres of w hich are watered. This 20 is bottom land. 160 acres of dry
cultivated land. There are 10 acres of alfalfa and quite an acreage of
wheat. The balance of the place is good pasture. The owner of this place
has good reasons for making a change, and we are offering the place for
less than $10 per acre. Now if you have been looking for something
cheap in price, you need look no farther.
We have a home, within ten minutes' walk of business center. Con
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and other young fruit coming into bearing; different varieties of berries;
Inrge garden. A seven-room house, good bam and other outbuildings.
For the fnntfly that wants a' home with plenty of room, where they may
have cows, horses, chickens, etc., this is an ideal place. For the man who
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subdivision AVe are offering this place at $1,500. Part cah.
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