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Grass for Meadows. 



Per Pounds for 

 cent, one acre. 



Pounds cf different materials for one 

 acre 



Nitrogen 4 



Available phosphoric 



acid 7 



Potash 9 



15 to 30 100 to 200 pounds nitrate of soda. 



30 to 60 200 to 400 pounds dissolved rock. 

 35 to 70 70 to 140 pounds muriate of pot- 

 ash. 



Suggestions. — The fact cannot be too strongly emphasized that 

 meadows from which the grass is cut year after year should he 

 regularly fertilized every year in a liberal manner. Three hun- 

 dred pounds of the above mixture may be applied in the spring 

 and as much more soon after the hay is cut. 



Orass for Lawns. 



Per Pounds for 

 cent. one acre. 



Pounds of different materials for one 

 acre. 



Nitrogen 5 



Available phosphoric 



acid 6 



Potash 8 



20 to 40 125 to 250 pounds nitrate of soda. 



25 to 50 175 to 350 pounds dissolved rock. 

 30 to GO GO to 120 pounds muriate of 

 potash. 



Suggestions. — Where the soil is prepared for seeding, there 

 should be a liberal application of plant food, say 500 pounds or 

 more of the above mixture. After the lawn is well started, an 

 application of the above mixture at the rate of 100 pounds an acre 

 in spring after the grass is well started, and once or more later in 

 summer will suffice. Nitrate of soda alone gives good results 

 applied two or three times as a top-dressing during the season. 

 In applying either the above mixture or nitrate of soda alone to 

 grass, it will be well to dilute by mixing with muck, sifted ashes, 

 or land plaster. Unless this is done, there is danger that the 

 grass will be burned where the undiluted fertilizer comes in con- 

 tact with the grass in considerable amounts. 



Greenhouse Crops. 

 Same as for flowering plants grown in a greenhouse. 



