332 AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS 



No. 5 



Acid phosphate 1250 Ibs. 



Dried blood, 1 3 per cent nitrogen 650 Ibs. 



Muriate of potash 100 Ibs. 



2000 Ibs. 



Fertilizers for Cotton. A fertilizer containing 7 per cent available 

 phosphoric acid, 2^ per cent of potash, and 2^ per cent of nitrogen 

 is well suited to cotton. The following mixtures furnish these mate- 

 rials in approximately the above proportions : 



No. i 



Acid phosphate, 14 per cent phosphoric acid . 900 Ibs. 



Cotton-seed meal, 6.6 per cent nitrogen : . . 800 Ibs. 



Kainit, 1 2^ per cent potash 300 Ibs. 



2000 Ibs. 

 No. 2 



Acid phosphate 950 Ibs. 



Fish scrap, 8^ per cent nitrogen 650 Ibs. 



Kainit 400 Ibs. 



2000 Ibs. 

 No. 3 



Acid phosphate 1000 Ibs. 



Cotton-seed meal 925 Ibs. 



Muriate of potash, 50 per cent potash ... 75 Ibs. 



2000 Ibs. 

 No. 4 



Acid phosphate 1075 Ibs. 



Fish scrap, 8^ per cent nitrogen 800 Ibs. 



Muriate of potash 125 Ibs. 



2000 Ibs. 

 No. 5 



Acid phosphate 1250 Ibs. 



Dried blood, 13 per cent nitrogen 600 Ibs. 



Muriate of potash 150 Ibs. 



2000 Ibs. 



