202 FORAGE CROPS 



seeding a further application should be made of 

 300 pounds per acre of a commercial fertilizer, 

 containing 



Nitrogen 3 per cent 



Phosphoric acid (available) 6 per cent 



Potash o per cent 



This will ensure an abundance of the mineral 

 elements, and sufficient nitrogen to supply the 

 immediate needs of the plant and to encourage a 

 vigorous growth in the fall. If the land is in good 

 condition, and the plants winter well, a top-dress- 

 ing on the first cutting is not usually required, 

 although, in order to ensure a good second crop 

 or aftermath, it is desirable that the top-dressing 

 be made after the first crop is removed, preferably 

 of the formula mentioned for seeding down, at the 

 rate of 300 to 4:00 pounds per acre. The second 

 season, the crop is likely to be made up largely of 

 timothy and red-top, the clovers having disap- 

 peared, and a top-dressing should then be made 

 early in the spring, as soon as the grass has well 

 started, of a fertilizer rich in available nitrogen, 

 in order that the plant may have a nitrogenous 

 food that it can appropriate rapidlj^ when it needs. 

 Therefore, a mixture of 



Nitrate of soda 500 pounds 



Ground bone iiOO pounds 



Acid phosi)liate 200 pounds 



Muriate of potash 100 pounds 



