Food for seeding. As soon as the plants are well above ground, top 

 ^^ ^ dress along the rows with lOO pounds of Nitrate of Soda 

 32 per acre, and work well in with the cultivator. This fur- 

 nishes the cotton plant with precisely the Best Form of 

 Ammoniate, viz., Nitrated Ammonia, for rapid growth, and 

 does not continue to push the plant long after new growth 

 should have ceased. 



A good formula for a Cotton fertilizer', per acre, is: 



Cotton-seed meal loo lbs. 



Phosphate (14 per cent.) 500 



Muriate of Potash 100 " 



One hundred pounds more of Nitrate of Soda should 

 be used as a top-dressing four weeks after planting. 



Successful results have been obtained by using Nitrate 

 alone, either at the time of planting, at the ratio of 100 

 pounds to the acre, or a spoonful ot this salt placed around 

 and near each cotton bush later, mixing it thoroughly with 

 the dry soil. Avoid placing the Nitrate on the plant or in 

 contact with it. 



For Hemp, 1 00 pounds per acre may be applied as a 

 top-dressing at the time of planting. 



For Flax, 100 pounds Nitrate per acre may be applied 

 as a top-dressing at the time of planting. Apply, also, 

 about 250 pounds of muriate of potash at the time ot plant- 

 ing in both cases, with 250 pounds superphosphate. The 

 above ingredients may be mixed and put on in one 

 application. 



Fruits. 



The following table shows the amount of Nitrogen, 

 phosphoric acid and potash removed from an acre of ground 

 by an average crop of the fruits named : 



Nitrogen. Phosphoric Potash 

 lbs. Acid. lbs. lbs. 



Grapes, crop of 10,000 lbs 17 15 50 



Prunes, crop of 30,000 lbs 45 16 80 



Apricots, crop of 30,000 lbs 69 21 84 



It will be noticed that while a crop of prunes takes 

 practically no more phosphoric acid from the soil than a 

 crop of grapes, yet the amount of Nitrogen removed is 

 nearly three times as much, and in the case of apricots over 



