Food for Plants. 



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Formula for Rye. 



Nitrate alone 100 lbs. per acre 



or preferably 



Nitrate 150 " " " 



Acid Phosphate 150 " " " 



When potash salts can be conveniently obtained we 

 advise the use of fifty pounds of sulphate of potash 

 to the acre every other jear. 



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 



Bnckwheat. 



No Nitrate. 

 Yield, 19 bushels per acre. 



Fertilized with 125 lbs. Nitrate of 



Soda per acre. 



Yield, 38 bushels per acre. 



general fertilizer to the acre, applied just before seeding, 

 or even with the seed. HeavA' soils do not require fer- 

 tilizing for this crop, as it has exceptional foraging 

 powers, and will find nourishment where many grain 

 crops would starve. As soon as the plants are well above 

 ground, broadcast 100 pounds of Nitrate of Soda per 



