HIGHLAND EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



200 lbs. Bone Dust and eight loads of 

 Stable Manure per acre. 

 Yield, 30 bushels per 

 acre. 



1,000 lbs. Lime, 400 lbs. Acid Rock, 



200 lbs. Muriate of Potash and 



100 lbs. Nitrate of Soda per acre. 



Yield, 60 bushels per acre. 



fertilizing, a sickly green color of the young crop shows 

 need of Nitrate of Soda plant food, and the remedy is a top 

 dressing of Nitrate. In seeding, use two or three bushels 

 to the acre. 



Formulas for Oats: 



For One Acre. 



Acid phosphate (at sowing time) 200 lbs. 



Muriate of potash (at sowing time). . . . lOO " 



Nitrate of Soda (in the spring) loo " 



Ideal Formula 

 for Oats. 



400 lbs. 



Rye. 



1 his is another illustration of the necessity of care in 

 the use of fertilizer Nitrogen (ammoniate). Rye does best 

 on lighter soils so long as they are not too sandy, but if the 

 soil is rich in vegetable matter, or if a fertilizer is used 

 containing much organic ammoniate, the grain yield will be 

 disappointing; the crop fails to mature in season because 

 the Nitration of organic matter is greatest during the warm 

 days of midsummer, and a constant supply of available 



Food for 

 Plants 



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