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' 1 1 f > " H Otĥ r Qood Grades at i ISRFECT AND VALUE OP POTASSIUM ON ILLINOIS PEATY SWAMP LANDS WXHJR WEEKLY LIMERICK There was a house, occupied by one Mr. Greening, Whose doors and windows stood in great need of screening Mr. Greening came to Our Store where he found screens galore, and now much comfort the family is glean­ ing OCT YOU* SCREENS IN EARLY THIS YEAR and you won't have to swat, swat, swat, all the sumr ner through. Barricade your doors and windows with our screens and buy less sticky flj paper. You ve observed--that of the fihest homes Ford cars are numerous. We are selling an ever increasingly greater output to experienced automobile owners who have tired of the exorbitant £xpens$ of up-keep. i ifel ar,® i» . . . . . it: More than a quarter # rptlliori Fords DO# ̂ service--convincing evidence of their won- derful merit. Runabout, $525; Touring Car, 1600; Town Car, $800-f. o. b. Detroit, with all equipment. Get interesting "Ford Times" from Dept. P., Detroit, Ford Motor Com- jpanyyor John R. Knox, McHenry. ' i .*-̂ 1 1* m sf In certain sections of McHenry coun­ ty are located large tracts of peaty swamp lands, some of which are suit­ able for cultivation, while other por­ tions are unfit for any profitable use whatever. Thsee swamp lands have taken many years to form, being built up by the growth and* accumulation of sphagnous mosses, fine particles of soil and marsh grasses, varying from the pure brown peat, containing 80% or more organic material, to black muck, containing a very small amount of organic material. These peaty areas usually cover large tracts of 'land, in some cases several hundred acres ia extent and in others it may be only a small tract. In nearly all cases the peaty soil occupies the lowest areas, being found where the land has been poorly drained, thus affording an excellent place for the development of the moss which re­ ceives its carbon from the carbon dioxide of the air and hydrogen and oxygen from water. The water in which the sphagnum moss grows is usually more or less stagnant, being surface or sepage water and contains enough nitrogen, pbos, potassium and other food ele­ ments to produce a favorable growth of the moss. The nitrogen and phosphorus enter into stable combinations with the car­ bon, hydrogen and oxygen, and as the moss changes to peat the elements, N and P, are largely retained in the organic matter; the potassium reverts to the soluble form and is lost in the drainage waters flowing from the peat Kick In aa4 PkMphm* The analysis of these peaty swamp soils reveals the fact that they are un­ usually rich in nitrogen and phosphor­ us, but very deficient in potassium. Altho the peaty swamp land has been found where drainage was poor, it has at certain seasons given large yields of wild hay and afforded good pasture. But because of its fine texture and the depth to which the loose soil extends it is easily punched up by the stock walking about in it and in a few years yields a very small amount of grass. Often these areas have been drained at great expense with the expectation that the crop they would yield would be unlimited in amount, but when the real test came a decidedly different re­ sult has been obtained. Corn in some parts will make an excellent growth, and again in the same field in another portion it will not grow more than a lew inches high, turn yellow and die. Hay Grawa Wall ' Excellent crops of millet can always be obtained unless the seasons be ex­ ceptionally cold and wet. Large yields of timothy hay can always be obtained where any attempt has been made to drain the land, but hay .is not always the crop desired. Upon examining cornfroots that grew upon this land it was found that when the roots reached the permanent water line the tip of the root turned black and the tissue was somewhat destroyed. F^om this time forward the plant is in an unhealthy condition. Many stalks would bear no ears, and whex-e ears formed they were small and poorly filled. Later in the season many of the stalks would fall down, owing to the weakness of the stalk between the ear and the ground, and-in nearly all cases the stalks were hollo* and free from pith. \ . M«th«4 •( Improvement The first step toward improvement of the peaty swamp lands is proper drainage, as the waters level must be reduced to at least 40 inches, .and more would be better in order that roots of different crops would have a chance to penetrate deeply in a soil of such loose formation. Proper drainage may be secured by digging wells until a gravel or sand bottom is obtained, also by large ditches into which tile ditches extending thru the field may empty. PctaMlum Needed In a series of tests on the University of Illinois soil experiment fields in which a complete fertility test consist­ ing of trials with applications of the elements, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, singly and in all possible combinations, decided results were ob­ tained which showed the effect of the different elements. Nitrogen in the form of dried blood, 12 to 14% nitrogen, was added at the rate of 800 pounds per acre, which would furnish nearly enough nitrogen for a lOO.bushel crop of corn. If the nitro­ gen gave a decided increase in the crop over that of the untreated plot then it would be evident that more nitrogen was needed in the soil and that it could be supplied by growing leguminous crops. But such was not the case, as no ear corn was produced by the nitro gen treatment. In another plot to which steamed bone meal, 12ft% phos­ phorus, was applied at the rate of 200 pounds per acre, furnishing enough phosphorus for a 100 bushel crop of corn, no increase in yield of -ear corn was obtained, a slight increase in stov­ er being produced. T a P«tu*ium CIVM Itinlti " The potassium was applied in the form of potasatap chloride, 42% It. About 200 pounds were applied this first year, with a yearly application of 100 to 200 pounds, depending on whether or not the entire crop is re­ moved. If the stalks are left on the field 100 pountf application would be sufficient. The return from the plot receiving potassium was 30.3 bushels of ear corn with a very decided in­ crease in the auioimt of stover. Li.tie was also applied to all plots, but pro­ duced no beneficial effect, showing that its application was not sesessary. • The plot receiving nitrogen and phosphorus produced no ear com, hut the plot which received nitrogen and potassium gave a yield of 40 bushels, and the one receiving phosphorus and potassium produced a yield of 37.5 bushels. From the plot in which Ml three elements were applied a yield of 52.5 bushels *as obtained. From this it will be seen that every plot receiv­ ing potassium gave a good yield, while no ear corn was produced on the plots not rseslving the potassium. ^ • Straw PTOTM 8*MT!4!fl| - In a series of experiments under the direction of the Indiana experiment station straw was applied about three inches thick. To another plat straw and kainit wks applied and to a third kainit and lime. The plot treated with the 3 inch'layer of straw gave a yield of 44 bushels per v acre. That treated with the kainit and lime gave about 54 bushels, the lime probably correcting the acidity which this soil possessed. (Coarse farm yard manure also greatly increases the productive- amoujit ia the roots, it will be seen that 200 sup- J^phu^for a both grain and stover are removed, but if only the grain is removed, then only 19 pounds of potassium are removed b the crop, the larger portion being left for the next crop. This also shows very conclusively that the cost of the potassium is small as compared with the enormous yield which it produces 19 pouals of potassium at 6 cents as oompared with 100 bushels at 40 cents. QOAKTER OF A CENTURY ITEHS CUR*E9 P»0" H4WBEUEI OF TWENTT-FIVE YUAftS *00 > '-s Died, in Ringwood, Monday, MayUl,' 1888, Mrs. Chase, widow of Joshua Chase, aged 87 years. We learn that C. Stegemann was kicked in the face by one of his horses on Monday afternoon and .severely in­ jured. We learn that Miss Stella Beckwith was recently married at Minneapolis, Minn. We have not learned further particulars. Married, at Fox Lake, April 25, 1888, by the Rev. P. M. O'Neill, Mr. John ness of these soils, but because o? its j Royle McHenry and containing as much nitrogen as potass- ^ T ium, and the peaty soil containing large amounts of nitrogen, it then is impracticable to apply farm manure to such soils when it needs only potassi­ um. If the supply of farm manure is abundant, it should be applied to the peaty soils, but in nearly all cases the supply of farm manure is limited, and it is better practice and more econom­ ical to purchase commercial potassium for peaty soils. As to the exact action of the potassi­ um in its beneficial effect, no one can say. It is thought in some cases that its action is indirect, rendering other elements available, rather than serv­ ing as a needed plant food, and in other cases its action would seem to serve both purposes. Some peaty soils are underlain with clay subsoils from 6 inches to 3 feet below the surface, and such subsoils almost always contain a, large supply of K, it being associated with clay. The improvement of such soils as these may be' accomplished by getting the clay subsoil mixed with the peaty top soil. This can be done by deep plowing,, and enough potassium having been obtained in the surface soil will give the crops a start, and as soon as the roots have reached the clay subsoil plenty of potassium may then be obtained to produce a large crop. > From (be large increase 1ft crops produced by the addition of potassium to peaty swamp lands it will readily be seen that it is an article of real value to the farmer, a fact which he too often does not recognize, and which brings to many < farmers an enormous loss each year. The commercial value of potassium is six cents a pound for the element in soluble form. It may be purchased in the form of potassium chloride, 42% potassium, potassium sul­ fate, 40% potassium, or kainit, a crude product from the mines, containing 10% of potassium. A ton of potassium chloride can be purchased for about $50, which will furnish about 840 pounds of potassium. A 100 bushel crop of corn requires 71 pounds of po­ tassium, 19 in grain and 62 in stover, Miss Mary A. Welch of Fox Lake Miss Mary Wentworth and Miss Kate Howe started on Tuesday morning for Hartley, la., to visit Miss Hattie Story.) Jacob Justen, who has been sick and confined to the house for the past three months, is so ' much improved that he was on the street on Tuesday. He has had a severe siege. Died, at the residence of his parents, in Nunda on Thursday, May 17, 1888, Cal Henry, son of Cornelius Henry, aged 19 years. He was a resident of this village for several;'years. The cause of his death was a severe cold, which ended in quick consumption) The McHenry Brick company are now running in full blast. They have just purchased another piece of land adjoining that which they heretofore owned, which shows on a thoro test to contain fully sixteen feet of solid blue clay over the entire piece. They have also added new machinery and put the yard in shape to do the largest amount of work in the best manner, as the large contracts for brick Already made this season and the or<Je]rs com­ ing in daily make it imperative that every available hour be usug vto, meet the demand. .,*• ADDITIONAL PEKSONifc*. * Theo. Schiessle passed the day in the metropolitan city. Mr. and Mrs. Will Spencer and daugh­ ter, Berteel, spent Monday in Chicago. E. F. Matthews attended to business iathe metropolitan city Wed-mattersiB irf&ay. \M*s. F. A. Bohlander was among thfe' Chicago passengers this (Thursday) morning. Peter Peterson, Fine# : Pegel and M. N. Winkel spent Sunday at T. 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