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Appendix. 



EGG-PLANT. 



Relative proportions available plant- 

 food. Pounds per acre, f 



Nitrogen 40 to 80 



I'hosphoric acid 60 to 120- 



Potash 75 to 1(50 



Pounds material for one acre. 

 240 to 480 nitrate of soda ; or 

 200 to 400 sulphate of ammonia : or 



600 to 1,200 fish guano ; or 



8,000 to 16.000 stable manure. 

 480 to 960 acid phosphate ; or 



150 to 300 double superphospha te : or 



600 to 1,200 ground bone. 

 1.50 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. 



Emmer. (Spelt) — Fertilizers same as for barley. 

 £ndit/"e.— Fertilizers same as for chicory. 



FLAX. 



Relative proportions available plant- 

 food. Pounds per acre. 



Nitrogen 12 to 24 ^i 



Phosphoric acid . 35 to 70^ 



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Potash 40 to 80 -i 



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. 



280 to 560 acid phosphate ; or 

 85 to 170 double superphosphate ; or 



350 to 700 ground bone. 

 80 to 160 muriate of potash; or 

 80 to 160 sulphate of potash; or 



320 to 640 kainite ; or 



800 to 1,600 wood ashes. 



Flowers in Garden. — See last page for general instructions in preparing and 

 using fertilizers in the garden. 



Flowers in Pots.- — At times it becomes desirable to stimulate the growth 

 of plants in pots. Besides using small applications of the water-extract of l)aru- 

 yard manure, the following soluiion may be prepared and used to advantage. 

 These materials may be obtained at any drug store; 



1 ounce sodium nitrate. 



4 ounces sodium phosphate. 



2 ounces potasium sulphate. 

 1 gallon water. 



Keep this solution in glass jars or bottles. Two or three times each week 

 when watering the plants, apply from one teaspoonful to one tablespoonful to 

 each plant, the amount used of course, depending upon the size of the pot and 

 plant. 



Oooseberrics. — Fertilizers same as for currants. 



GRAPES. 



Relative proportions available plant- 

 food. Pounds per acre. 



Nitrogen 25 to 50 



Phosphoric acid 50 to 100 



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Potash 100 to 200 J 



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Pounds material for one acre. 

 150 to 300 nitrate of soda ; or 

 125 to 250 sulphate of ammonia : or 

 375 to 750 fish guano ; or 



5,000 to 10,000 stable manure. 

 400 to 800 acid phosphate ; or 

 125 to 250 double superphosphate ; or 

 500 to 1,000 ground bone. 

 200 to 400 muriate of potash ; or 

 200 to 400 sulphate of potash ; or 

 800 to 1,600 kainite; or 



2,000 to 4.000 wood ashes. 



Grapes require large quantities of mineral plant-food. Wood ashes are 

 especially valuable as a source of potash and lime. If wood ashes cannot be 



