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SCHOOL AND HOME GARDENS 



Apply this fertilizer at the rate of about one thou- 

 sand pounds per acre at the time of planting. Later in 

 the season another application may be made between the 

 rows, at the rate of about five hundred pounds per acre. 



FIG. 108. Growing Plants in Water 



a, Wandering Jew growing in water without fertilizer; b, plant growing in water 

 with fertilizer. Use nitrate of soda, three ounces ; acid phosphate, four ounces ; 

 and sulfate of potash, one ounce in eight gallons of water. To make a smaller 

 amount, pulverize and mix the above amounts, take one eighth of the mixture 

 and put it into one gallon of water 



To obtain satisfactory results from the use of commer- 

 cial fertilizers, the land must be kept in good condition 

 with barnyard manure or with green manure. Land needs 

 humus before it will pay to use commercial fertilizers. 



Leaf mold. For making leaf mold use leaves that do 

 not contain garden rubbish, which may be infested 

 with plant diseases or insect pests. Lawn clippings and 



