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If especially desired on tlie more open sandier soils of the county, 

 one-third to one-half of the nitrogen may be put in at the time the 

 crop is planted in the form of some organic combination such as cotton- 

 seed meal, dried blood, or fish scrap, reserving the other half to two- 

 thirds to be applied as a side-dressing in the form of sulphate of am- 

 monia or nitrate of soda about the first of July with crops planted in 

 the spring. It is believed that materials carrying phosphoric acid and 

 potash generally had best go on at the time the crop is planted. 



For corn, small grains, grasses, and sorghum grown on the average 

 soils of the county, except those high in phosphoric acid, from 250 to 

 400 pounds per acre of a mixture containing 10 to 12 per cent available 

 phosphoric acid and 5 to 6 per cent ammonia will give good returns. 

 Where leguminous crops, stable manure, or other materials carrying 

 organic matter fairly rich in nitrogen go back into the soil, the amount 

 of nitrogen in the mixture might be reduced one-third to one-half or 

 more. Potash up to 1^2 to 2 per cent in the mixture may be expected 

 to pay when this constituent is selling at normal prices. A mixture 

 that will give approximately the right quantities of nitrogen and phos- 

 phoric acid for average soils of the county, with exception noted, is as 

 follows : 



Acid phosphate, 16 per cent 200 pounds 



Cotton-seed meal, 7^2 per cent 200 pounds 



Total 400 pounds 



Here, as above, the other recognized stable carriers of nitrogen may 

 be stubstituted for the cotton-seed meal in the proportions indicated. 



For clovers, cowpeas, soy beans, and other leguminous crops 300 

 pounds of 16 per cent acid phosphate per acre, with an api)lication of 

 lime every four to five years, will usually be found satisfactory on soils 

 containing a moderate amount of organic matter. This quantity may 

 in many cases be increased to 500 pounds per acre to good advan- 

 tage. Potash-supplying materials can be used on most of the soils 

 to good advantage when the price of this constituent is normal. Wo 

 would not think it necessary to use more than 3 to 4 per cent of 

 potash in the mixture for these crops, even when potash is cheap. 



In case the land is very poor or very low in organic matter, so that 

 young plants do not start off well, a sufficient amount of cotton-seed 

 meal, dried blood, or other nitrogen-furnishing material must be added, 

 which will supply nitrogen in the mixture up to 1 to 3 per cent. When 

 300 to 500 pounds of 16 per cent acid phosphate is used on such soils, 

 50 to 75 pounds of cotton-seed meal or its equivalent in nitrogen-content 

 of dried blood or other suitable carrier of this constituent may be used 

 usually to good advantage. If it is discovered after tlie plants have 

 gotten started that nitrogen is needed, as will be indicated by small, slow 

 growth, and pale, sickly appearance, the land being well drained, a top- 



