Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 286, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1916 — A Powerful Fertilizer [ARTICLE]

A Powerful Fertilizer

Nitrate of soda is a powerful fertilizer when properly used. It becomes plant food as soon as dissolved and enters immediately into the composition of the plant. Care must be exercised that it is not used too freely. When too much of this salt is applied, the roots are injured and the plant becomes stunted or dwarfed. Upon examining the root system of such plants it will ije found that the roots are very short and the ends are stubby. There is little tendency of these stuboy roots tp form fibrous laterals. Growers who are not familiar with the use of nitrate of soda should not attempt the use of this fertilizer until they have learned how to use it properly. A very slight sprinkling of salt about each plant will serve the purpose. Liquid manure is a safer fertilizer and equally valuable when properly applied. An excellent method to prepare liquid manure is to •Pace a bushel of old unleached cow manure in a tub or half barrel and then fill with water. Stir occasionally and in three or four days the liquid will be ready to apply. It should be used in the proportion of one quart to four gallons of the water and any quantity of it may be poured about each plant. « . • t A raw egg is one of the ffaost nutri tious of foods and may be taken very easily if the yolk is not broken. A little nutmeg grated upon the egg, a few crops of lemon juice added, . some hopped parsley sprinkled over It, dr some salt and a dash of cayenne pepper, vary the flavor and tend tQ make ,r more palatable when taken as a medicine. 'I : f The white of a raw egg is the most satisfactory of pastes, and is better t han' any prepared mucilage or paste you can buy. Papers intended to be put over tumbles of jelly, and jam will hold very securely and be airtight if dipped in the white of an egg. .