Food for 

 Plants 



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Potash Salts come trom Germany in bags weighing 224 

 pounds each. When lumpy they should be broken as above 

 directed. If the fertilizers are to be mixed together, pour 

 the right quantity of each in a pile on the floor and turn them 

 over two or three times with a shovel until they are thor- 

 oughly mixed. It is a good plan to run the whole through 

 a sieve, which will completely mix the fertilizers. The mix- 

 ing should not be done more than a week before the fertilizers 

 are to be used, as the mixture may attract moisture and get 

 hard if left too long after mixing. In Europe small hand 



One Hundred Bushels of Ears of Corn per Acre. 

 Before Harvesting. 



machines are used by farmers for grinding and mixing, and 

 cost about twenty-five dollars. It is also in use in America. 

 Potatoes ^^ ^" rows marked only one way, scatter 



How to Apply. ^ mixture of, say, 200 pounds Nitrate, 



350 pounds superphosphate and 100 pounds 

 sulphate of potash along the rows, a handful to every step. 

 If in thus walking you step three feet, this will put on about 

 600 pounds per 'acre; if only two feet, 900 pounds per acre. 

 Run a fine tooth cultivator along the rows to mix the fertil- 



zers with the soil. It will, of course, be necessary to mark 

 out the rows again before planting the potatoes. If planted 



n hills marked both ways, drop a handful on each hill and 

 mix well with a hoe. 



Apply the same mixture as recommended for potatoes 



