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add the guano. Use about one pound of this mixture to five 

 hills of corn, beans, squashes, cucumbers, melons, &c., or 

 for peas, turnips, or drilled crops, half a pound to every rod 

 in length of furrow. 



It may be mixed with two or three times its bulk of dry 

 soil, or scattered over the bottom of the hills and covered 

 with two or three inches of soil, and the seed is to be dropped 

 on that. 



Side by side with the "improved superphosphate" the 

 above mixture has produced results every way equal to 

 those of that excellent preparation. 



The cost per 100 lbs. is, 50 lbs. superphosphate at 2 cts. $1.00 

 25 " soda ash, " 3 " 0.75 



25 " guano, " 3 " 0.75 



100 " cost f $2.50 



The soda ash may be replaced by an equal weight of dry 

 house ashes, when soda is not at hand. 



2. If an effect showing itself later, a seed-forming effect, 

 and a good drought resister is desired, mix as follows : 



80 lbs. superphosphate, at 2 cts., . . . $1.60 

 20 " soda ash, at 3 cts., .... 60 



100 " cost $2.20 



3. An excellent mixture for all purposes, combining the 

 virtues of the above, is formed as follows : 



75 lbs. superphosphate at 2 cts., . . . $1.50 

 18f " Peruvian guano, 3 ** . . . 0.56^ 

 6i " soda ash, 8 « . . 0.18f 



100 " cost $2.25 



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