Fertilizing Tobacco. 



TOBACCO is a rank, rapid growing, and heavy-feeding 

 plant, and requires liberal supplies of plant food. Th* 

 careful experiments of Dr. Goessman, of the Massachusetts 

 (U. S. A.) Experiment Station, and of Prof. Stockbridge, of 

 the Florida Experiment Station, furnis-h information of 

 great practical value to the planter. 



As a result of these investigations, the quantities of 

 Phosphoric Acid, Nitrogen and Potash per acre, suggested 

 by these two authorities, are as follows: 



PHOSPHORIC ACID NITROGEN POTASH. 



Dr. Goessman, 60 Ibs. 100 Ibs. 300 Ibs. 



Prof. Stockbridge, 73 Ibs. 180 Ibs. 300 Ibs. 



Average per acre, 67 Ibs. 140 Ibs. 300 Ibs. 



A mixture of 600 Ibs. of high-grade Sulphate of Potash, 

 (96$), 850 Ibs. of Nitrate of Soda and 550 Ibs. of Acid Phos- 

 phate (12$) would just about furnish the amounts of 

 Phosphoric Acid, Nitrogen and Potash mentioned above. 



The plant food found by chemical analysis in the 

 tobacco plant, furnishes a fair guide in determining the 

 kind and amount of fertilizer to use. Of course, not only 

 the leaf, but the whole plant must be accounted for in 

 figuring out the actual plant food taken up. While the 

 leaf is the object of tobacco growing, the leaf cannot be 



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