Food for Formulas. 



^^^'^^^ For General Crops: 



172 Nitrate of Soda 200 lbs. 



Dried blood 200 " 



Ground bone 4°° 



Superphosphate 1,000 



Sulphate of potash 200 



2,000 lbs. 

 For Potatoes: I. 



Nitrate of Soda 100 lbs. 



Dried blood 200 " 



Ground fish 200 



Ground bone 4°° 



Superphosphate 800 



High-grade sulphate of potash 300 



2,000 lbs. 

 II. 



Nitrate of Soda 250 lbs. 



Tankage 500 



Bone-black superphosphate 800 



High-grade sulphate of potash 450 



2,000 lbs. 

 HI. 



Nitrate of Soda 250 lbs. 



Sulphate of ammonia 400 



Bone-black superphosphate 800 



Double sulphate of potash and magnesia 675 



Land plaster 5°° 



2,625 "^s- 

 For Peach Trees: 



Nitrate of Soda 300 lbs. 



Dissolved bone 400 



South Carolina rock superphosphate 700 



Muriate of potash 600 



2,000 lbs, 



"The mechanical condition of these mixtures was all that 

 could be desired; they were fine, dry, and in every respect 

 equal to the best brands of mixed fertilizers on the market in 

 the State.'' 



What Was Shown by the Analyses. 



"The main objects of the analyses were to determine, 

 first, whether farmers using the ordinary tools and labor of 

 the farm could make even mixtures of the materials used, 

 and, second, whether in the cost of actual plant food home 



