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blood. Nitrate of soda is frequently used as a top dressing ^<^*^^ ^'^^ 

 for corn and is a valuable material ior use in this way. A ^" ^ 

 good application is 50 to 75 pounds per acre, distributed 

 along the side of the row or dropped beside the plants and 

 three or four inches from them, or else where there is a ridge 

 in the centre it may be distributed on this and when it is 

 thrown out the nitrate will be thrown to the two sides of 

 the row. 



On clay lands and loams having good sub- a ,• • 



soil the fertilizer should be applied in the ^^ ^ 



J n ^ ■ ^ u I' 1 ^ -u .uU ^ Fertihzers to 



drill, at or lust before planting, at the rate 



'J Corn 



of two to four hundred pounds per acre. 



On light sandy lands it is best to use 50 to 100 pounds (of 



nitrate) in the drill at time of planting, to give the crop a 



good start, and the balance of the fertilizer as a side-dressing 



when the corn has begun to grow well. 



Cotton. 



The remarks regarding the preparation ^ ,, 



and cultivation of corn also apply with equal 



force to cotton, unless it be the part regarding breaking the 



land well before planting. Some doubt the necessity of this 



for cotton. Cotton is generally grown on ridges. This is 



necessary on wet soils, but on all fairly well-drained upland 



and sandy soils we are convinced that level and frequent 



shallow cultivation, as was indicated for corn, is the best 



and most economical method to follow in growing cotton. 



Ridge culture may give better results in very wet years, but 



taking the seasons as they come the advantage will lie, we 



think, with flat culture. 



The preliminary remarks regarding fertil- Fertilizers 



izers for corn also apply to cotton, the follow- r„ r-^**^ 



1 I • ' ^rr J -1 J ^°^ Cotton, 



ing formulas being offered tentatively and 



as the result of our best judgment, after studying the best 



obtainable data on the subject: 



For Cotton on Land in Fair Condition. 



Acid phosphate, 14 per cent, phosphoric acid i>oi5 H^s- 



Cotton-seed meal, 6.59 per cent, nitrogen, 2.5 phos- 

 phoric acid and 1.5 potash 415 lbs. 



Nitrate of soda, 15 per cent, nitrogen 180 lbs. 



Kainit, 12.5 per cent, potash 390 lbs. 



2,000 lbs. 



