Plant-Food and Use ob' Fertilizers. 



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obtained, several hundred pounds of lime may be applied to advantage every 

 four or five years. 



Instead of applying nitrogenous fertiliers, it is the practice in many places 

 to grow crimson clover or other leguminous crops during the fall and spring 

 and plow under. This practice is to be commended since it adds both nitrogen 

 and humus to the soil. 



GRASS FOR LAWNS. 



Relative proportions available plant- 

 food. Pounds per acre. 



Nitrogen 20 to 40 - 



Phosphoric acid 40 to 80- 



Potash 40 to 80 - 



Pounds material for one acre. 



120 to 240 nitrate of soda; or 



100 to 200 sulphate of ammonia : or 



300 to 600 fish guano; or 



4,000 to 8,000 stable manure. 



320 to 640 acid phosphate ; or 



100 to 200 double superphosphate : or 



400 to 800 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. 



In preparing soil for a lawn use the slow-acting forms of plant-food. After 

 the lawn has become established, use small applications of the more easily avail- 

 able forms of plant-food. Excellent results are obtained by applying 50 to <">i> 

 pounds of nitrate of soda two or three times during the growing season. 



Lawns that are overrun with moss may be greatly helped by applying, dur- 

 ing winter or early spring, heavy coatings of wood ashes. This kills the moss 

 and at the same time stimulates the growth of the grass. Too great an appli- 

 cation of potash may also stimulate the growth of clover and so it frequently hap- 

 pens that the application of wood ashes is followed by a heavy growth of 

 clover, providing there are any clover seeds or small plants in the lawn. 



GRASS FOR MEADOWS AND PASTURES. 



Relative proportions available plant- Pounds material for one acre, 



food. Pounds per acre, f 120 -to 240 nitrSte of soda ; or 

 .... f^^ , ^,^ I 100 to 200 sulphate of ammonia : or 



Nitrogen 20 to 40-i 300 to CUO fish guano ; or 



I 4,000 to 8,000 stable manure. 



( 160 to 320 acid phosphate ; or 

 Phosphoric acid 20 to 40-^ 50 to 100 double superphosphate ; or 



( 200 to 400 ground bone. 



r 100 to 200 muriate of potash ; or 

 Potash 50 to 100 --' 100 to 200 sulphate of potash: or 



I 400 to 800 kainiie ; or 



1^ 1,000 to 2,000 wood ashes. 



It is uggested to apply about half the fertilizer in spring and the remainder 

 after cutting the hay crop. If the field is used for pasture, the amount of nitro- 

 gen applied should be diminished and the potash increased. 



HEMP. 



Relative proportions available plant- 

 food. Pounds per acre. ( 



Nitrogen 30 to 60 -i 



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Phosphoric acid 40 to 80 -| 



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Potash 60 to 120 J 



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Pounds material for one acre. 



180 to 360 nitrate of soda ; or 



150 to 300 sulphate of ammonia : or 



450 to 900 fish guano ; or 



6,000 to 12.000 stable manure. 



320 to 640 acid phosphate ; or 



100 to 200 double superphosphate : or 



400 to 800 ground bone. 



120 to 240 muriate of potash : or 



120 to 240 sulphate of potash; or 



480 to 960 kainite : or 



1,200 to 2,400 wood ashes. 



