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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1916
Page
8
A 1 acre trial by President Andrew M Soule of the Georgia State College of Agriculture used 300 pounds of fertilizer on a fair fertility plot. 6000 cabbage plants produced revenue while potatoes sold at 1 dollar per bushel. 40 bushels of corn yielded plus stover, net income totaled 76 dollars.
The passage emphasizes fertility as the initial factor in valuing new lands and in selling old farms. It notes fertility guides beginners and experts in crop cultivation and informs the key questions asked by those seeking farming help. It asserts that solving fertility simplifies other farming challenges.
A Texas North Carolina comparison shows soil fertility practices sustain or raise productivity despite a century of cultivation. Maryland Delaware and Virginia farmers using manures and fertilizers achieve higher yields at lower costs, while trends grow more prosperous as fertility methods spread.
Historical records show Indigenous and early colonial practices using fish as fertilizer. Virginia in 1632 reports vast catches applied to fields yielding high corn returns. Squanto taught Pilgrims to fertilize land with fish, improving 1621 yields across 20 acres of corn and 6 acres of barley.
R I Holberton of Rocklands Farm Orange County Virginia reports a fertilizer trial raising corn yield from 70 to 92.5 bushels per acre on a two acre plot using 900 pounds per acre. Gross gain per acre estimated at 15.75 dollars with fertilizer costs 5.72 and application 1.50.
Orange County Virginia agent W L Kigph argues against snap judgments on fertilizer. He says a bushel of corn can cover higher fertilizer prices per acre and Virginia farmers should plan for bigger yields next season.
The bulletin from the Geneva Experiment Station states that lime cannot replace fertilizers and that lime alone reduces returns. It notes that diversified farming, including livestock and varied crops, is most profitable. Rotation, cover crops, manures, proper tillage, drainage, and liming when needed enhance soil fertility.
A. P. Sibold county agent Giles County Virginia says commercial fertilizer and farm manure help corn resist insect pests. Early planting, good soil, and frequent cultivation aid pest control according to Southern Planter.
The article urges careful seed selection and soil management as the keys to profitable farming. It highlights using good seed, liming when needed, crop rotation, manure conservation, and prudent fertilizer use to avoid yearly losses.
Notice declares a primary election in Cranbury Township Istnibides County New Jersey on April 25 1916 from 1 to 9 PM. Delegates at large and district delegates to National Democratic and Republican Conventions to be elected at Odd Fellows Hall Cranbury Grange Hall Plainsboro. Voters on poll book or with affidavit may vote. affidavit registration allowed ten days before election. Clerk Walter J. Havens signs the notice.
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South Brunswick Middlesex New Jersey to hold a primary election on Tuesday April twenty fifth 1916 between 1 and 9 pm for delegates to the National Democratic and Senators Corvantians parties with polling sites Van Dery cer's Mall Dayton and American Mechanics Hall Monmouth Junction voters may register with the Clerk at least ten days before the primary by affidavit the endorsement witnessed by Howard Jemison Clerk of South Brunswick Township dated April 10 1916.
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