56 FERTILISERS AS AN AID TO 



Manuring of Grass Land 

 Meadow Hay 



It is advisable to dress meadows, or land 

 which is cut each year for hay, every four or 

 five years with about 10 tons of dung per acre, 

 in the autumn, and in the intervening years 

 a top dressing, in the early winter or spring, 

 of 2 to 3 cwts. high grade XXX superphosphate 

 or 4 cwts. of potassic superphosphate per acre, 

 according to the class of soil as already indicated, 

 which has a very excellent effect in improving 

 the herbage. As it is quantity that is of most 

 importance with hay, especially when it is to 

 be sold off the farm, as soon as the grasses show 

 signs of vigorous growth in the spring top dress 

 with about i cwt. per acre of nitrate of soda, 

 or, should the land be light, with a rather less 

 quantity of sulphate of ammonia. 



Should the land be deficient in lime, an 

 application of 7 to 10 cwts. per acre of ground 

 lime, or double that weight of finely ground 

 limestone or chalk, should be applied in the 

 autumn of the second year after application of 

 the dung. 



If there should not be sufficient farm-yard 

 manure available to dress the meadows as de- 

 scribed, they should be manured annually with 

 either 6 cwts. per acre of potassic superphos- 

 phate, followed in the spring with a top dressing 

 of nitrogenous manure, as indicated above, or 

 with a Complete Fertiliser, which will promote 



