monia may be used to furnish the nitrogen, or 275 pounds of 

 nitrate of soda. If nitrate of soda is used the mixture must 

 be distributed as soon as made, or the nitrate may be held 

 out and applied later. One may easily increase the potash 

 in mixed goods of too low grade. To increase the potash one 

 per cent add two pounds of sulphate (or muriate) of potash 

 in each one hundred pounds of the fertilizer. Thus to bring 

 goods with only five per cent of potash up to ten per cent, 

 add ten pounds of sulphate of potash to each ninety pounds 

 of the fertilizer. 



Method of Application 



If the seeders have a fertilizer attachment, IOO to 200 

 pounds, per acre, may be drilled in with the seed and the 

 remainder may be applied broadcast before harrowing. 

 There is no danger that any of the ingredients, except nitrate 

 of soda, will be lost by leaching so the broadcast application 

 may be made as soon as the land is plowed, and if fall plow- 

 ing is used it would be quite safe to apply the potash salts 

 and the phosphate at that time. 



Beet seed is often sown with an ordinary grain drill, only 

 every third delivery tube being left open for the seed. In 

 such cases the fertilizer may be applied at the same time by 

 using a grain drill with the usual fertilizer attachment. All 

 the delivery tubes in the fertilizer attachment are left open, 

 thus practically combining drilling in the row with broad- 

 casting, a method that finds much favor where it is desired 

 to force the young beet plants ahead of the weeds and at the 

 same time provide a wider distribution of the plant food at 



the time the sugar is forming most rapidly. 



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