APPENDIX 333 



Fertilizers for Tobacco. For average conditions a fertilizer con- 

 taining 6 per cent available phosphoric acid, 2. l / 2 per cent potash, 

 and 2^ per cent of nitrogen is well suited to tobacco. The follow- 

 ing mixtures furnish these materials in approximately the above 

 proportions : 



No. i 



Cotton-seed meal 900 Ibs. 



Nitrate of soda 100 Ibs. 



High-grade sulphate of potash 250 Ibs. 



Acid phosphate, 14 per cent 750 Ibs. 



2000 Ibs. 

 No. 2 



High-grade dried blood 500 Ibs. 



Nitrate of soda 125 Ibs. 



High-grade sulphate of potash 310 Ibs. 



Acid phosphate 1065 Ibs. 



2000 Ibs. 

 No. 3 



Fish scrap 725 Ibs. 



Nitrate of soda 100 Ibs. 



High-grade sulphate of potash 300 Ibs. 



Acid phosphate 875 Ibs. 



2000 Ibs. 

 No. 4 



Dried blood 500 Ibs. 



Nitrate of soda 100 Ibs. 



High-grade sulphate of potash 400 Ibs. 



Acid phosphate 1000 Ibs. 



2000 Ibs. 

 No. 5 



Cotton-seed meal 700 Ibs. 



Nitrate of soda 100 Ibs. 



High-grade sulphate of potash . . . . . . 300 Ibs. 



Acid phosphate 900 Ibs. 



2000 Ibs. 



