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soggy. The particles that go to make up the soil should 

 be rather coarser than for the average garden crop. 



All rubbish should be removed and the soil stirred to a 

 moderate depth. The land should be raked off smoothly 

 and no rough and undecomposed material should remain 

 on the plot. 



Fertilizer for radishes. 



The proportion of fertilizer ingredients should be as 

 follows: ammonia, 3| per cent; available phosphoric 

 acid, 7 per cent; potash, 9 per cent. Use 1000 pounds 

 of the above formula to the acre. This fertilizer should 

 be applied in the drill, and worked in shallowly for the 

 early spring radish, but deeply for the summer or winter 

 radish. 



The following will give the amounts of fertilizer to 

 apply to secure the desired quantity of each element : 



POUNDS TO THE ACHE 



Ammonia 



350 to 500 cottonseed meal ; or 

 200 to 300 dried blood ; or 

 130 to 200 nitrate of soda ; or 



100 to 150 sulfate of ammonia. 

 Phosphoric acid . . 500 to 700 acid phosphate. 



900 to 1300kainit; or 

 p , 120 to 180 muriate of potash ; or 



' 125 to 200 high-grade sulfate of potash; or 

 230 to 340 low-grade sulfate of potash. 



Sowing and cultivation. 



The early varieties should be sown in very rich warm 

 loam, three or four weeks before they are wanted. A seed- 



