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Appendix. 



ASPARAGUS. 



Relative proportions available plant- 

 food. Pounds per acre, f 



Nitrogen 45 to 90 i 



Phosphoric acid 35 to 70- 



Potash 50 to 100 J 



Pounds material for one acre. 



270 to 540 nitrate of soda ; or 



225 to 450 sulphate of ammonia ; or 



675 to 1,350 fish guano : or 



0,000 to 1,8000 stable manure. 



280 to 560 acid phosphate ; or 



85 to 170 double superphosphate ; or 



350 to 700 ground bone. 



100 to 200 muriate of potash ; or 



100 to 200 sulphate of potash ; or 



400 to 800 kninite ; or 



1,000 to 2.000 wood ashes. 



It is a good plan to apply part of the plant-food early in the spring in im- 

 mediately available forms such as nitrate of soda, acid phosphate and muriate 

 of potash. Apply the remander in more slowly available forms such as fish 

 guano, ground bone and kainite. Stable manure applied in fall or winter gives 

 excellent results. 



BARLEY. 



Relative proportions available plant- 

 food. Pounds per acre. ( 



Nitrogen 12 to 24 | 



L 



Phosphoric acid _. . 20 to 40. 



Potash 25 to 50 . 



Pounds material for one acre. 

 75 to 150 nitrate of soda ; or 

 60 to 120 sulphate of ammonia; or 



180 to 360 fish guano ; or 

 2,400 to 4,800 stable manure. 



160 to 320 acid phosphate ; or 

 50 to 100 double superphosphate ; or 



200 to 400 ground bone. 

 50 to 100 muriate of potash ; or 

 50 to 1 00 sulphate of potash ; or 



200 to 400 kainite ; or 



I 500 to 1,000 wood ashes. 



BEANS. 



Relative proportions available plant- 

 food. Pounds per acre, f 



Nitrogen 10 to 20 j 



Phosphoric acid 40 to 80 



Potash 50 to 100 



Pounds material for one acre. 



60 to 120 nitrate of soda; or 



50 to 100 sulphate of ammonia ; or 



150 to 300 fish guano ; or 



2,000 to 4,000 stable manure. 



320 to 640 acid phosphate ; or 



100 to 200 double superphosphate ; or 



400 to 800 ground bone. 



100 to 200 muriate of potash ; or 



100 to 200 sulphate of potash ; or 



400 to 800 kainite ; or 



1.000 to 2,000 wood ashes. 



Beans are leguminous plants. If the nitrogen-gathering bacteria (indicated 

 by nodules on the roots) are present in the soil, then the application of nitro- 

 gen may be greatly reduced, or dispensed with entirely. If grown as string 

 beans, the quantity of nitrogen used may sometimes be profitably increased. 



BEETS. 



Relative proportions available plant- 

 food. Pounds per acre. 



Nitrogen 30 to 60 



Phosphoric acid 60 to 120 



rotash 75 to 150 I 



I 



Pounds material for one acre. 



180 to 360 nitrate of soda ; or 



150 to 300 sulphate of ammonia ; or 



450 to i'oO fish guano ; or 



6,000 to 12,000 stable manure. 



480 to 960 acid phosphate ; or 



150 to 300 double superphosphate ; or 



600 to 1,200 ground bone. 



150 to 300 muriate of potash ; or 



150 to 300 sulphate of potash ; or 



600 to 1,200 kainite; or 



1,500 to 3,000 wood ashes. 



