MANURES AND FERTILIZERS 



The case is different with fine compost, or with 

 the ordinary pulverized commercial fertilizers, 

 the benefit from which must be secured in a 

 crop taken the same season, or it may never be 

 obtained. 



In case three crops are to be grown and the 

 third crop is to be cabbage or celery, the appli- 

 cation of about one-half ton of some good commer- 

 cial fertilizer to each acre would be very beneficial. 

 It should be put on when the third crop has made 

 about half its growth. In many similar cases, 

 guano, superphosphate, bonedust and the like 

 may be used in combination with the stable 

 manure already in the soil, with excellent 

 results. 



This use of commercial fertilizers in connection 

 with stable manure has become quite common 

 with market gardeners during the past few years. 

 Some people even have an idea that, by the use 

 of commercial fertilizers and without any other 

 manuring, land can be kept in <a proper state of 

 fertility and condition to grow crops, year after 

 year. Possibly this might at times be done, on 

 some soils, and where only one crop each year 

 was to be produced; but in the market gardens 



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