Food for Jsj-Q grade Prairie Hay: Shall include all hay not good 



^" ^ enough for other grades. 

 226 No. I Straight Rye Straw: Shall be in large bales, clean, 



bright, long rye straw, pressed in bundles, sound and well 

 baled. 



No. 2 Straight Rye Straw: Shall be in large bales, long 

 rye straw, pressed in bundles, sound and well baled, not 

 good enough for No. i. 



Tangled Rye Straw: Shall be reasonably clean rye straw, 

 good color, sound and well baled. 



Wheat Straw: Shall be reasonably clean wheat straw, 

 sound and well baled. 



Oat Straw: Shall be reasonably clean oat straw, sound 

 and well baled. 



All certificates of inspection shall show the number of 

 bales and grade in each car or lot inspected and plugged; 

 and when for shipment the final inspection and plugging, 

 in order to ascertain the sound condition of each bale, shall 

 take place at the time of shipment. 



The fees for inspection shall be i$3.oo per car, to be 

 divided equally between the buyer and seller. 



GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR 

 STAPLE CROPS. 



THE use of Nitrate of Soda alone is never recommended, 

 except at the rate of not more than one hundred 

 pounds to the acre. It may be thus safely and profitably 

 used ivithout other fertilizers. It may be applied at this rate 

 as a Top-Dressing in the Spring of the year, as soon as 

 vegetation begins to turn green; or, in other words, as soon 

 as the crops begin new growth. "" At this rate very satisfac- 

 tory results are usually obtained without the use of any 

 other fertilizer, and the Soda residual, after the Nitrogenous 

 Ammoniate Food of this chemical is used up by the plant, 

 has a perceptible effect in sweetening sour land. 



When it is desired to use a larger amount than one 

 hundred pounds per acre of Nitrate of Soda as a Top- 

 Dressing, or in any other way, there must be present some 

 form of Phosphatic and Potassic Fertilizer, and we recom- 

 mend not less than two hundred and fifty pounds of either 



