CONTENTS, 



PAGS. 



Average Composition of Potash Salts 2 



Preface 3 



The Stassfurt Industry 5 



Part I. The Way to Use Potash ' 7 



Grain Crops 11 



Corn 12 



Cotton 12 



Tobacco 13 



Potatoes 14 



Tomatoes 14 



Garden Crops and Vegetables ) ") 



Fruits and Berries 15 



Part II. Results with Potash upon Various Crops IC 



Proper Composition of Fertilizers 16 



Apples J 9 



Asparagus 20 



Beans 20 



Clover 20 



Corn 21 



Cotton 35 



Fodder Corn 41 



Grapes 42 



Grass and Clover 46 



Hemp 45 



Oats 46 



Oranges 46 



Peach Trees 47 



Peas 49 



Potatoes 50 



Potatoes (Sweet) ; . . . 59 



Rice 63 



Rye 63 



Sorghum : 63 



Strawberries 64 



Sugar Beets 64 



Sugar Cane 65 



Timothy •. 65 



Tobacco 65 



Tomatoes 67 



Turnips 70 



Vegetables 70 



Wheat 71 



Potash as Insecticide and Fungicide 71 



Table showing Composition of Phosphatic, Nitrogenous and Potash materials 78 



Average Composition of the most important Farm Manures 79 



Table giving amounts of Plant Food annually removed by various crops 79 



Distance recommended for Planting 80 



Number of Plants per aqr^ at various distances SO 



