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Acid Phosphate 900 pounds 



Nitrate of Soda 100 pounds 



Dried Blood 600 pounds 



High Grade Sulphate of Potash 400 pounds 



This will make a ton of 2,000 pounds. On the best 

 light soil of the bright tobacco belt in North CaroHna this 

 formula has been used with great success at the rate of 700 

 pounds per acre. The same formula, used to this amount 

 in the dark and moist soil of the coast plain section of 

 North CaroHna resulted in too rank and heavy a growth. 

 Therefore, as we have said, the amount of the fertihzer 

 to be appHed will depend on the natural fertility of the 

 soil. 



In the strong soils of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 

 for instance, 700 pounds of this mixture would be entirely 

 needless, while the proportions of the ingredients will be 

 all right for the best quaUty of their seed tobacco if used 

 in smaller amount. 



Freshly cleared land in any section or for 

 Toblico ^^y ^^^^ ^^ tobacco is to be preferred to old 



manured soils. This simply means that hu- 

 mus is favorable to the production of fine crops. With a 

 proper rotation of crops on the old soils and the use of 

 legumes therein the new ground conditions can be brought 

 about in the oldest soils. In the bright tobacco sections of 

 North Carolina there is a prejudice among the tobacco 

 growers against the use of clover and cow peas in a rota- 

 tion for tobacco, the growers claiming that the legumes 

 injure the pecuhar color and quahty of their leaf. This 

 has usually been brought about by neglecting to observe 

 the influence of the legume crop on the soil. The nitrogen 



