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'III. 



Wood ashes, 1500 pounds. 



Bone-meal, 100 " 



Nitrate of soda, 100 " 



IV. 



Wood ashes, 1500 pounds. 



Dry ground fish, 400 " 



V. 



Muriate of potash, 175 pounds. 



Dry ground fish, 400 " 



The asJies, bone-meal or fish sJiould he applied very early in spring 

 or late in vjinter. Apply all of these fertilizers broadcast and harrow 

 in. Do not mix a long time before use'; — especially imp>ortant in case 

 of Nos. III. and IV. 



Of course these combinations might be indefinitely extended ; but 

 from what has been said as to the required amounts of the essentials, 

 potash, nitiogen and phosphoric acid, any farmer should be able to 

 figure amounts and combinations for himself. Between combinations 

 I., II. and V. there should be little difference in cost. Combinations 

 III. and IV. will probably cost from four to five dollars more. The 

 elements other than potash and phosphoric acid contained in ashes, 

 and their physical and chemical action in the soil will no doubt, in 

 whole or part, offset this increased cost. 



SPECIAL CORN FERTILIZER versus FERTILIZER 

 RICHER IN POTASH FOR MILLET. 



The yield of seed from one of our varieties of millet durmg the 

 seasons of 1889 and 1890 had been so large that it was considered 

 desirable to compare it with corn as a grain ci-op and in order not 

 unnecessarily to duplicate experimental areas, it was decided to apply 

 to one-half acre of this millet equal amounts of fertilizers of exactly 

 the same kind, and in the same manner as in the experiment on the 

 half-acre of corn last described. The results were similar to those 

 obtained with the corn. The fertilizer richer in potash and costing 

 at the rate of $10.70 per acre, produced a crop on one-quarter of an 

 acre, at the rate of 76.8 bushels of seed and 4420 pounds of straw 

 per acre ; while the other fertilizer (the average of seven "special 

 corn fertilizers ") costing at the rate of $13.66 per acre, gave a crop 



