cost more than the goods that are o-enerally used in the State ^'^^^ ^^^ 



. • • Plants 



on tobacco, but I feel confident that the increased yield will 



more than justify the additional expense. In The Bulletin ^^^ 

 of the Department of Agriculture and in our correspondence 

 with farmers we have been recommending formulas of about* 

 the composition of these for a number of years, and evidence 

 is accumulatincr which shows that the character of tobacco 

 fertilizers is undergoing quite a considerable change. 

 No. I— 



Cotton-seed meal 900 lbs. 



Nitrate of soda 100 lbs. 



High-grade sulphate of potash 250 lbs. 



Acid phosphate, 14 per cent 75° ^^s. 



2,000 lbs. 



This mixture will contain: available phosphoric acid, 6.3 

 per cent.; potash, 6.9 per cent.; nitrogen, 7,."] per cent, (equal 

 to ammonia, 4.5 per cent.). 



No. 2— 



High-grade dried blood 500 lbs. 



Nitrate of soda 125 lbs. 



High-grade sulphate of potash 310 lbs. 



Acid phosphate l>o65 lbs. 



2,000 lbs. 



This mixture will contain: available phosphoric acid, 7.4 

 per cent.; potash, J.J per cent.; nitrogen, 4.3 per cent, (equal 

 to ammonia, 5.2 per cent.). 



No. 3-^ 



Fish scrap 725 lbs. 



Nitrate of soda 100 lbs. 



High-grade sulphate of potash 300 lbs. 



Acid phosphate 875 lbs. 



2,000 lbs. 



This mixture will contain: available phosphoric acid, 7.2 

 per cent.; potash, 7.5 per cent.; nitrogen, 3.8 per cent, (equal 

 to ammonia, 4.6 per cent.). 



N0.4— 



Dried blood 500 lbs. 



Nitrate of soda 100 lbs. 



High-grade sulphate of potash 400 lbs. 



Acid phosphate 1,000 lbs. 



2,000 lbs. 



