Food for w heat crop would utterly fail. On soils pretty badly ex- 



* nts hausted, an application of 500 pounds of fertilizer will yield 



100 a profitable return, provided the top-dressing of Nitrate is 



not omitted. Under any condition of soil or fertilizing, a 



HIGHLANDS EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



200 Ibs. Bone Dust and eight loads of 

 Stable Manure per acre. 

 Yield, 30 bushels per 

 acre. 



1,000 Ibs. Lime, 400 Ibs. Acid Rock, 

 200 Ibs. Muriate of Potash and 

 100 Ibs. Nitrate of Soda per acre. 

 Yield, 60 bushels per acre. 



sickly green color of the young crop shows need of Nitrate 

 of Soda plant food, and the remedy is a top-dressing of 

 Nitrate. In seeding, use two or three bushels to the acre. 



Formula for Oats: 



FOR ONE ACRE. 

 Acid phosphate (at sowing time) ........... 200 Ibs. 



Muriate of potash (at sowing time) ......... 100 " 



Nitrate of Soda (in the spring) ............. 100 " 



400 



