Show SULPHUR AS A fertilizer elpe experiments conducted to prove that it la Is of the greatest value to the sol boll in parts of franco france the tha residue from gas works is extensively used na ils a forti fertilizer ti analysis of ral samples sample ii of garden soil prove that tho the value of this unusual fertilizing agent la is duo in part to the largo amount ot sulphur in it 40 per cent of sulphur and from I 1 to 2 per cent of nitrogen in the form of ammonia or its salts to in lour flour of sulphur aro are said to promote the growth of both roots and leaves and to give to tile the plants a deeper green dolor color thau than they would hay have 6 without jl it probably 11 ll it helps to form chlorophyll moreover somo some of tho the sulphur Is oxidized and becomes sulphate in the soil boll I 1 in this relation it may be pointed out that experiments at the university of wisconsin havo have been regarded ns as proving that tho the generally prevailing theory viat sulphur in the soil Is of little value for promoting fertility as compared with phosphorus and nitrogen Is erroneous and that sulphur la Is in tact fact ot of vast import importance atice continuous cultivation together with insufficient fertilization causes a large annual loss of sulphur which cannot bo be 4 compensated from brorn tl alo 0 atmosphere andl and 2 11 little Is brought up by capillarity from the subsoil the exper experimenters S f therefore recommend the application of fertilizers containing sulphur to an lands which are frequently cropped the failure hitherto to recognize ize tho great value of sulphur in the iho soil boll is ascribed to faulty analytic methods employed by early investigators |