104 FERTILIZERS. 



value you would use of stable manure, and in after-years 

 give a light dressing. The effect of ashes lasts two or 

 three times as long as stable manure. They are especially 

 valuable for fruit-trees, fruit, grass, onions, cabbage, melons, 

 cucumbers, and potatoes. A thorough application calls for 

 from 45 to 200 bushels per acre. 



FOR STRAWBERRIES. Apply, in early fall or before, 

 40 to 125 bushels per acre, spading in a little bone before 

 they start in the spring. 



FOR POTATOES. Scatter from 21 to 57 bushels a foot 

 wide over the drills after they are covered. 



FOR CORN. Harrow in 40 to 80 bushels per acre be- 

 fore planting ; and, after covering the seed, spread 15 to 

 28 bushels on the top of the hills, covering a strip a foot 

 wide. 



FOR LAWNS, MEADOWS, OR PASTURES. In fall or 

 early spring, or soon after haying, spread from 25 to 125 

 bushels. If 125 are used, no more will be needed for sev- 

 eral years. 



IN LAYING DOWN TO GRASS. Broadcast 45 to 225 

 bushels, in summer or fall, to give it time to leach down. 

 Next year plant with potatoes, top-dressing with from 12 

 to 18 bushels per acre. Next year sow to wheat or rye, 

 and lay down to grass. No more fertilizer needed for 

 eight or ten years, when the largest quantity is used. 



FOR WHEAT, RYE, AND OATS. Broadcast from 85 to 

 170 bushels in November, and plough slightly under. In 

 spring plough deeper, throwing it up to the surface, and 

 harrowing it ; or, for the immediate crop, 20 bushels may 

 be harrowed in, in the spring : but in the long run the 

 larger use will be the more profitable. 



FOR ONIONS. Broadcast from 45 to 250 b'ashels in the 

 fall, and plough them just under. In the spring plough 

 them back to the surface, and harrow. If 250 bushels are 



