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CANADIAN FARM YEAR BOOK. 



2. Apply all through broadcast lime 

 and fertilizer distributor previous to 

 drilling. 



Flax — 150 to 200 pounds per acre — 

 (Applications same as for wheat.) 



Spring Top-dressing of Winter 

 Wheat and Rye — 200 to 300 pounds per 

 acre. (This should be done as early 

 in spring as possible.) 



1. Apply all through a broadcast 

 lime and fertilizer distributor. 



2. Apply all through the fertilizer 

 attachment of the wheat drill, running 

 disks about one inch deep which will 

 cultivate the crop and work the fer- 

 tilizer into the soil. 



Tomatoes, Cabbage and Similar Trans- 

 planted Truck Crops — 500 to 700 



Pounds Per Acre. 

 If setting by hand there is no too) 

 so useful as the potato planter with 

 a fertilizer attachment. It will open 

 the furrow, mark the rows and scatter 

 the fertilizer evenly. 



1. Apply all but 200 pounds per acre 

 through the grain drill fertilizer at- 

 tachment and scatter a handful (total- 

 ing 200 pounds per acre) around each 

 plant after it is set, thoroughly mixing 

 fertilizer with the soil. 



2. Apply all but 200 pounds with the 

 broadcast distributor applying re- 



Puttlng on a Nice Crown. 



N.B. — Do not fail to harrow with a 

 disk grass seeder (with which clover 

 or grass seed can be sown at same 

 operation) weeder or adjustable har- 

 row, throwing teeth back at an angle 

 of 45 degrees. The harrowing mixes 

 the fertilizer with the soil and breaks 

 the crust, thereby conserving soil 

 moisture. On light soils, follow the 

 application with a roller. 



Soy Beans, Cow Peas and Other For- 

 age Crops — 300 to 500 Pounds 

 Per Acre. 



1. Apply through fertilizer attach- 

 ment of the grain drill or whatever 

 other seeding machine or planter you 

 use. 



2. If your seeding machine or planter 

 has no fertilizer attachment, drill in 

 the fertilizer through the fertilizer at- 

 tachment of the grain drill. 



3. Apply with a lime and fertilizer 



(iistrihiitor. 



mainder by hand as above. 



3. Apply all with grain drill. 



4. Apply all with lime and fertilizer 

 distributor. 



5. If applying less than 600 pounds 

 per acre, partition off the hopper of 

 the grain drill fertilizer attachment 80 

 that three feeds can be used which 

 will scatter fertilizer evenly on sides 

 and bottom of trench or row. 



6. "VMien very light applications are 

 to be made and rows are of standard 

 width, the fertilizer attachment on the 

 com and similar planters can be util- 

 ized in marking out the field and In 

 distributing the fertilizer in the rows 

 at the same time. 



7. On gardens and small areas or 

 where especially early maturity or ex 

 cellent quality are desired, hand ap- 

 plications in rows or about hills may 

 be made. 



8. When grown in the field and no 

 other distributor is available, the fer- 



