COCONUT PLANTER'S MANUAL. 



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Dr. GEEHENS'S CHART. 



Showing which Fertilisers may be mixed. 



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1. Superphosphate 



2. Lime 



3. Basic Slag 



4. Sulphate of Ammonia 



5. Farm«yard Manure and Guano 



6. Potash Salts 



7. Kainit 



8. Nitrate of Soda 



Many of the manures in ordinary use, such as Basic Slag, Super- 

 phosphate, Sulphate cf Ammonia, etc., consist of powerful chemical sub- 

 stances which are liable to react with one another with a consequent 

 loss of valuable ingredients, unless certain rules are carefully observed 

 when making uy- mixtures. 



These rules are graphically set forth in Dr. Geehens's chart, in 

 which each numbered corner represents a particular kind of manure, 

 an index below the chart shewing which manure corresponds to each 

 number. 



Those manures which ought never to be included in the same mix- 

 ture are coniuctcd by heavy black lines, those which may be mixed 

 just before application to the soil are connected by double lines, and 



