110 FERTILIZERS. 



FORMULA No. 2. Lbs. 



Dry muck, peat, or soil 600 



Cotton-seed (twenty-two bushels) 600 



Acid phosphate 600 



Muriate of potash 100 



Sulphate of ammonia 100 



2,000 



Compost in same manner as No. 1 ; the muriate of potash 

 and sulphate of ammonia being dissolved in water, and 

 used to wet the heap. 



FOR WHEAT, RYE, OR OATS. Three hundred pounds 

 to the acre. It may be harrowed in with the grain. 



FORMULA No. 3. Lbe. 



Stable manure 500 



Unburnt marl 500 



Salt 200 



Dissolved bones 500 



Sulphate of potash 150 



" " ammonia 150 



Mix in layers, or first mixing the marl and salt together 

 thoroughly, and cover with it the compost of cotton-seed, 

 stable manure, and dissolved bone ; then sprinkle with the 

 solution of sulphate of ammonia, and turn the whole over 

 once in two weeks till fermented. Use as directed for Nos. 



FORMULA No. 4, FOR TOBACCO. Lbs. 



Stable manure 1,000 



Sulphate of potash 300 



" " ammonia 100 



" " magnesia 100 



Dissolved bone . . . . . . . . 400 



Land plaster . 100 



2,000 



Use 400 to 500 pounds to the acre. In place of the pot- 

 ash, 80 bushels of hard-wood ashes may be substituted. 

 Says the professor, " The formula for tobacco (No. 4) is 

 intended for those sections where cotton is not raised, and 

 has met with marked success." 



