SOILS AND CROPS. 



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tilizer may be scattered by hand and 

 worked very thoroughly into the soiL 



Onions (seeded) — 800 to 1,000 Pounds 

 Per Acre. 



1. Apply two-thirds through the fer- 

 tilizer attachment of the grain drill 

 and the remainder through the fertil- 

 izer attachment on the onion seeder 

 at the time of drilling. 



2. Apply twQ-thirds through broad- 

 cast fertilizer distributor and the re- 

 mainder through the onion seeder at- 

 tachment. 



3. Apply all through the fertilizer 

 attachment of the grain drill, 



4. Apply all through lime and fertil- 

 izer distributor. 



5. If not more than 600 pounds per 



Top-Dressing Clover, Timothy, Alfalfa, 



Millet and Grass Stands — 200 to 



500 Pounds Per Acre. 



1. Apply through a broadcast lime 

 and fertilizer distributor. 



2. Apply through the fertilizer at- 

 tachment of the disk grain drill. Set 

 disks shallow. 



N.B. — RoU and harrow lightly or 

 harrow alone with disk grass seeder, 

 spike tooth harrow or weeder. On 

 alfalfa, you may use a spring tooth 

 or special alfalfa harrow. 



Seeding Clover, Timothy, Alfalfa and 

 Other Grasses — 200 to 300 Pounds 



Per Acre. 

 1. Apply with broadcast distributor 



followed by a disk grass seeder. 



Cleaning up the Furrow. 



acre, apply all through onion seeder 

 attachment. 



6. If but a small area and you have 

 none of the above machinery, you may 

 scatter by hand, working weU in the 

 soil before planting. 



7. Scatter between rows- when onions 

 are up, working in well by cultiva- 

 tion. 



Orchards — 800 to 1,000 Pounds Per 

 Acre. 



1. Apply through fertilizer attach- 

 ment of one-horse five-hoe or five-disk 

 grain drill or drill made for orchard 

 work. 



2. Apply all through a broadcast dis- 

 tributor. 



Special fertilizer orchard drills are 

 made in various sizes for this pur- 

 pose. 



2. Apply through fertilizer attach- 

 ment of grain drill at time of seeding 



Rape — 200 to 400 Pounds Per Acre. 

 — Application had best be made same 

 as for wheat. 



If the rape is drilled in rows and 

 cultivated, part of the fertilizer may 

 be applied to the rows by using fer- 

 tilizer attachment on com or any 

 small seed planter or by stopping up 

 part of the holes in fertilizer attach- 

 ment on the grain drill. 



Beans and Peas — 300 to 500 Pounds 

 Per Acre. 



1. Drill beans and apply the fertilizer 

 at the same time using an 11-hoe grain 

 drill, drilling the beans through the 

 2nd, 6th and 10th hoes only, but stop- 

 ping up the fertilizer tubes correspond- 



