32 FERTILISERS AS AN AID TO 



PART II 



Large profits obtainable by the judicious use 

 of suitable fertilisers as proved by authentic 

 records of independent manurial trials on farm 

 crops. 



Wheat 



In former years it was customary in the great 

 corn-growing districts of England to apply a 

 dressing of fertiliser in the autumn, just before 

 sowing, because it paid a handsome profit on 

 the outlay. There is every reason to suppose 

 it would pay as well now, as fertilisers are sold 

 at about half the cost of those days. 



Wheat generally follows clover " leys " or 

 " seeds " or a root crop. If these have not been 

 previously heavily dunged, or if the land has 

 lain fallow, it is usual to plough in a dressing of 

 farm-yard manure. In practice it is found that 

 the addition of 2 to 3 cwt. of high-grade super- 

 phosphate or dissolved bones per acre before 

 sowing is most beneficial and strengthens the 

 plant, enabling it to withstand better a hard 

 winter. 



In the early spring, if the crop should appear 

 backward, a top dressing of one of the quick - 

 acting nitrogenous fertilisers (preferably nitrate 

 of soda or nitrate of lime) will be found very 

 advantageous, of which there is abundant 

 evidence on record. 



