The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, September 20, 1919, Image 21

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Newspaper Page TextrTHE ""OREGON DAILY. JOURNAL :,PORTLANDA SEPTEMBER 4919. '-7 WiPROVEMENT OF L AND BYSULFHUR 3 BRIGS RESULTS Use of Sprays for Protection of Plants From Enemy Pests Aid in Advancement of Product. LAND CONDITION IMPORTANT Experiments Show Most Wonder ful Results; Sulphurized Land Proved Substantia Increases. Though the earliest agricultural reMearohes were directed mainly to ward the improvement of soils, these noon grave way to the more fascinat ing work of improvement of plants Viy selection and cross-pollenization. and their protection from enemy pewta by sprays, powders and gases, unci the introduction of enemy para sites. "How high a degree of perfec- ; tfon many plants have reached un der nuch treatment is perhaps most noticeable in some of our garden plantH, many of which have been so improved that at first glance it is difficult to see a resemblance to the parent plant. Kqually successful , if lesB noticeable, work has been done to vegetable, field and orchard plants, with" a view to improving the quality and increasing the quantity of the crops. GET AT THE ROOT Now the tendency seems to be to get back once again to the root of things and give more attention to the im provement of the soTl. Probably the greatest work in this direction is open . to the bacterlologtst. It has long been known that a group of minute organisms Jn' the soil have the power' of fixing atmospheric . nitrogen converting insoluble sillphur into soluble 1 ATTRACTIVE ENTRANCE TO STATE FAIR GROUNDS AT SAIiEM ft V&?7 , . Cl7:naf' - II- only slowly, available to plant life. There Is a considerable amount of such potash' locked up in the soils of a large Where the fifty-eighth Oregon state fair will be held this week. . . Bmmm independent of the Chili saltpeter beds and of artificial nitrogen fixation. I.M I'UOV EMENT HAPHAZARD Much of the improvement to the physi cal properties of soils has been of a hap hazard nature. The farmer has been in the habit of digging in something here because the soil is too soggy, and some thing else becauso it is too light and will not retain moisture, and he does it be cause his father and grandfather did it before him. That he has met witb some measure of success there can be no gainsaying, but how much greater that success would have been had he worked along more scientific lines. - ANALYSIS OF SOIL We must look at soli as an aggre gation of mineral particles of varying size, shape and composition, that forms a medium by which food In solution is conveyed to the roots of plants. The laws that govern the diffusion of salts in solution as the latter pass between the interstices of this mineral aggre gation are little understood. The con ditions are such that a number of well defined laws are pulling against each other, so to speak, and forming new laws. laws that must be studied to get the best results. The si7.e and nature of the mineral particles undoubtedly influence not only the rates, of diffu- another group of i sion of the minerals In solution passing ! through the interstices Deiween mem I hut also the amount of water a soil is ; sulphates,, another of changing vegetable caDaDia 0f retaining. Then, too, in matters Into humus, and so on with other loosely arranged aggregation of mineral , substances. - Few or no attempts have ! particles there is a greater opportanity ' for aeration and a. less resistance to the (bcen made to improve these organisms ! fipread of piallt root system than - in with a view to obtaining greater effort a compactly arranged one. Thus, it from them. Brewers and vintners have ! "ill be ween there is much opportunity ' for careTul investigation. mere is a i great need, too, for a nomenclature of the 'various soli conditions that can be readily understood. Our present terms, ', such as they are, have too broad an j interpretation. It is Impossible to de ' fine a soil condition by their use, there t fore much misunderstanding arises. ! It is. however, on the chemical na ! ture of soils that agriculturists seem j to have been bending their energies in ' recent days. Some truly significant i facts have been brought to light that give every prospect of a wonderfully beneficent influence on crop yield. Most important among these is the influence of sulphur on soils. ! so Improved fermentation yeast that the iiesuit now obtained from it is hardly comparable v itli that obtained from the earlier material, and there seems to be no reason why soil bacteria should not be improved in the same wajh Kom-e years ago the Azotobacter, the principal uitrogen fixing bacterium, ran so ram pant and produced such quantities of sodium nitrate in orchards in the alka line soil of a part of Colorado that they did considerable damage. In fact a number of 30-year-old trees v t ie killed by the excess of nitrate formed, nd an ! elaborate research at the Colorado State j experimental station proved it to be due to the wort of the Azotoh:irter The t 1-lkali. moisture and deeavinir vetretahle 1 Sl'LPHl It'S 1 XFI.l E' t E matter in the soii were found to be jUst suited to the propagation of this micro organism. There is reason to believe, then, that, by careful study of this prob lem, the nation, so far as agricultural pursuits are concerned, could be made ever, to faulty methods of analyses. The agricultural chemist had been in the habit of determining what he called the "morganlc constituents of plants" by incinerating the plant ahd from the ash calculating the amount of so-called "inorganic constituents.". From the light of recent research, it is now known that sometimes as much as 90 per cent of tle sulphur contents of the plant was lost durlngthe incineration, so the result obtained gave no idea of the sul phur content. By Improved methods of analysis it has been discovered that many plants contain more sulphur than phosphoric acid, nitrogen, or potash. Thi s, for Instance, at the Southern Ore gon experiment station a ton of dried alfalfa was found to contain seven pounds of sulphur and five pounds of phosphoric acid, while a like amount of rape contained the phenomenal amount of 20 pounds of sulphur. The sulphur seems to exist mainly in combination with carbon, and for this reason until recently escaped the notice of the agri cultural chemist. Since it has been es tablished beyond all doubt that next to carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen, - sulphur is one at the main, if not the main, constituents of plant life, the addition of sulphur in various forms to Boils is being investigated at a number of. ag ricultural experimental stations In America and Europe. The investigations have produced some truly wonderful results. The ad dition of from 300 to 400 pounds of ele mental sulphur per acre prior to sowing has. caused some remarkable crop in creases. Practically every crop experi mented' with has shown afti increase under the Influence of sulphur ; sorre small, others phenomenal. The Increase, too, varied considerably at different atations pected,. as The olio obtained on Lake : and were treated aa 'nearly as possible alfke as regards cultivation and . Irri gation. The harvesting bn the sMlphur Isse4 and unsuldhurtied .. portion .was done on the same day, and the crops were weighed,' giving results as stated. The soir on ' whiclr the experiment was conducted wag alkaline. . . . Vork done by Dr.'C, B. Lipman of the University of California and Dr. F. C. Relmer of the United States South Oregon statioftj, confirms, the experi ments made at Salt Lake, and proves beyond -'all Moubt that the addition of sblphur to soils Increases- the-yield of all" crops. anf It), many instances phe nomenally. ' ' ' The ost remarkable result recorded Is that by" Dr. 'Relmer," who found that bx. harrowing in 300. pounds of element al sulphur per acre the yield of alfalfa was increased over 500 per ' cent ' rSCREASES YIELD It is a noticeable fact that the addi- j S t ioiv of sulphur to sods seems to increase ! the, yield of the plants of the guise fam- J ST lly more than any other, and suggests j S that it. may increase their well known I nitrogen fixing properties. The best re-J S suits nave Deen ooiainea in - moist soils wen charged with humus. In fact, to get the full benefit from the addition of .sulphur, moisture and hUmus seems essential. ' Up to now the experiment with sul- I phur have been conducted . mainly on alkaline soils. To what extent sulphur til anA .Alii aila i ! problematical. It may probably will I VEIM lILA T ED levtnd tf thla potanh can be released and rendered available to plant life It will go" far toward making -us' lndepen-. part of the continent of North Amer- den V of the German supply. lllllllllltlllllllllllllllllltlltlllltlllllllllllll.IIIlltlllttillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllS Pff ITU It lias been proven and so rccum mended by the University of California that if you sulphur your grape vines and orchards- SIX times thev will not be affected by MILDEW or RED SPIDERS. ' ANCHOR Drand Velvet Flowers of Sul phur, also EAGLE Brand, Fleur de SoiifrC packed in double sacks, are the fluffiest and PUREST SULPHURS THAT MONEY CAN BUY; THE BEST FOR VINE YARDS; THE BEST FOR BLEACHING PURPOSES, LEAVING NO ASH. TRY OUR NEW BRAND Sublimated . Sulphur This, of course, was to be ex- be necessary to add lime, such as basic ImDaloable Powder. 100 Otire, in double 3 the nature of the soil varied, j phosphate or in other form, with the e r n ' i r . wing are a few of the results sulphur, but, considering the estab- SaCKS, lor Dry Uustmg and making I aste a field scale Sucar beets tht of , imi Barley shotted an increase of ... . oats . What Maize Alfalfa Canadian .field peas .... Potatoes Hubbard squash HOW TESTS WERE near Salt lished fact that sulphur is an essential Atomic Sulphur) ,.f nlftnf ifA than MM1 Kilt i -m r ' ruit uMt-auLrnuK suLu 1 ivjix, Per cent 113 aviinuiuuu uiiuct eunauic vuii- tbe poorest increase. - ditions will materially Increase crop 3.7 I yields on all soils. '5 Another Important point is the prop 57 j erty sulphur has been found to possess 127 ! of releasing and renaenng avanaoie ior plant . assimilation potash that is al ready in the soil, but in a form not, or Until recently sulphur was supposed to- be present in only very minute quan tities in ilant life. Compared to nitro gen, phosphoric acid and potash, the quantity of sulphur was considered neg ligible. This supposition was due, how- ki '-'if wt k n-i When Sawine Wood the .THOMAS saws as much as ten men. And it will run any 'of your machinery that requires a 4 H. P. Motor. Mounted on wide rim iron wheels. One man operates and moves it from place to place. All metal construction; all-weather tgnition system. A 6turdily built, guaranteed outfit that lasts longer and operates caicr and more economically. I 5 ,oanr Point west of Mtaitifppi '185 to ny Pain CMt ol Missiasippf rnrer.deliTeredto nfrcftstatioa 'Out Fre Circular Ci Poll DeKription. 'rite Also For Testimoniali THOMAS ENGINEERING WORKS et. N Title4TroBlof.' PORTLANP. OREGON 531 . x3fSSS3S vvl The milk flow U the beat indication-ol- ftf- M'f-.Im the health condition o! a cow. If the rjp; EstJsPi .Vv yield is below normal it is almost alwayi 4tfA s'mfe-tfe: a risn o PProachine t1- AM i''Sr:S?yiv anotwaitforaetBldtoewderetoeelo: yea 03l - V5f can easUy pot tba cow back oa ker IW s.d ward JV j ; "c5;'"'' eriou allmeats by Ihe proaapt mtm of Kow rk v itXt' Kore, the creat cow mediciae. lJ .JWSjfcjk ia case of Abortion, Barreaneaa, Retalaed AJ tJ' Wf Afterblrta, Scosria. Lost Appctit. Baackea, ,2W 'Vwwlliry tan4& remedy I a reliable treatsBeaU. l - 'mmV jVGtf-t. ItsctiStoaceoathediiettiraandieattaJariaaa, i t3 : y- 'mTv rSpfyiir where aaarly all cow diseasea oriiaate. frl ':l i''Ww The occasional use of Row-Kure. aa directed. &STr j. '-1 rjtrl rJJSSx' will prera aa effertWe preveatiTe of eew aliaeaaea OjtSSt i 2 V"1" and. discase-praveatioa pays bia ia dairy proata. 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