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substances from which the three elements are obtained. 

 The per cent of ammonia, potash, and phosphoric acid is 

 the same for each variety of vegetable as those given in the 

 table on p. 92. The quantity applied has, in each case, 

 the larger amount. The " Ames bone " is an honest super- 

 phosphate made by a reliable neighbor, A. L. Ames of 

 Peabody, Mass. I will here say, that, while on old land, I 

 have had excellent results from the potato fertilizer four 

 years in succession, raising crops that averaged, with differ- 

 ent years, from 200 to 317 bushels per acre in fields con- 

 taining eight acres, on pasture land broken up for the first 

 time, the results have not been so satisfactory. 



FORMULAS OF FERTILIZERS. 



PEASE FOR ONE ACRE. 

 (Half harrowed in, Half in Drill) 



600 Ibs. Ames bone. | 250 Ibs. muriate of potash. 



40 Ibs. dried blood. 



POTATOES FOR ONE ACRE. 



500 Ibs. Ames bone, in drill. I 75 Ibs. cotton-seed meal, or 50 Iba 



50 " sulphate ammonia, in drill. I guano, in drill. 



200 Ibs. muriate of potash, in drill. 



VEGETABLE VINES FOR ONE ACRE. 



(Three-fourths harrowed in, One-fourth in Drill.) 

 600 Ibs. Ames bone. i 100 Ibs. dried blood. 



100 " sulphate ammonia. 200 " cotton-seed meaL 



200 Ibs. muriate of potash. 



CARROTS OR BEETS FOR ONE ACRE. 



(Harrowed in. ) 



400 Ibs. Ames bone. I 100 Ibs. dried blood. 



100 " sulphate ammonia. 200 " cotton-seed meaL 



160 Ibs. muriate of potash. 



