Foojffor lighter soils so long as they are not too sandy, but if 



i_f the soil is rich in vegetable matter, or if a fertilizer is 



ho used containing much organic ammoniate, the grain 

 yield will be disappointing; the crop fails to mature 

 in season because the Nitration of organic Nitrogen or 

 humus is greatest during the warm days of mid-summer, 

 and a constant supply of available Nitrate is being 

 furnished at a time when the crop should commence 

 to mature. The crop needs Nitrate, but it should have 

 been supplied during the earlier stages of growth. 

 Use at first a general fertilizer, 500 pounds per acre. 

 Top Dress as soon as the crop shows growth in the 

 spring with 100 pounds of Nitrate of Soda to the acre, 

 broadcast. 



Buckwheat. 



No Nitrate. 

 Yield, 19 bushels per acre. 



Fertilized with 125 lbs. Nitrate 



of Soda per acre. 



Yield, 38 bushels per acre. 



Buckwheat. 



This crop does well on almost all kinds of soil, 

 but should follow a grain or hoed crop — that is, a clean 

 cultivation crop. On thin soils use about 400 pounds 

 of general fertilizer to the acre, applied just before 



