than once in four years, and a rather free use of lime, will help secure 

 immunity. After soil has been brought into condition by one good 

 initial liming a yearly application of a mild lime at the rate of five 

 hundred pounds per acre should be sufficient. If slag meal be used 

 for all crops in the rotation (except potatoes if they be included), it 

 is probable that a second liming will be unnecessary. 



The crops of this family will repay liberal man- 

 The Use uring, and barnyard or stable manures are well 



of Manures* suited to all except turnips or Swedes for table 

 use. For these it is best to avoid the too free 

 use of such manures, as the roots are less smooth, stronger in flavor and 

 more liable to be attacked by worms. For all these crops manures from 

 animals fed refuse from any of them should be avoided as such man- 

 ures will be likely to carry disease germs. This is particularly true 

 of hog manure or manures on which hogs run, because these animals 

 are often fed waste vegetables, which usually means those which are 

 diseased, and which, therefore, carry the germs of disease. Manures 

 should, in general, be plowed in or deeply disked under. 



All crops of this family are dependent in a very 

 Fertilizer Needs unusual degree upon a liberal supply of phos- 



phoric acid in highly available forms. Acid 

 phosphate, dissolved bone and basic slag meal prove highly beneficial. 

 When manure is freely used no other fertilizer than a phosphate may 

 be necessary. These crops are less dependent upon artificial potash 

 supply than most, and it may be doubted whether potash in addition 

 to manure will be called for. Some nitrate to push the plants rapidly 

 from the start makes it easier to prevent serious injury from lice and 

 some other insects, and is always desirable in connection with mod- 

 erate applications of manure, especially for early crops. 



In connection with a medium dressing of man- 

 Fertilizers for Use "re use for cabbage or cauliflower a mixture 

 with Manure, made up as follows : 



Acid phosphate, 6 parts. 



High grade sulfate of potash, i part. 

 Nitrate of soda, 2 parts. 



This mixture will contain nitrogen 3.44, available phosphoric acid 

 10.66 and potash 5.55 per cent. 



