pulverized. The after-culture should be close and careful, to Food for 

 secure the best results. Plants 



INDIANA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT 

 STATION. 



Bulletin No. 84. 



Growing Lettuce With Chemical Fertilizers. 



BY PROF. WILLIAM STUART. 



The subject of lettuce culture with chemical fertilizers 

 was undertaken by the writer some years ago, and has been 

 continued. 



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It is safe to infer that for any quick 



growing crops, or where an application of Availability or 

 Nitrogen is desirable in the maturing of a Nitrogen. 

 crop, the Nitrate of Soda is preferable to dried blood. 



Mangolds. 



Nitrate of Soda pays well for roots if applied at the rate 

 of from 150 to 200 pounds per acre. Use in two applica- 

 tions about ten days apart, the first not earlier than July. 

 The Essex Agricultural Society found by experiment that 12 

 tons of farmyard manure and 300 pounds superphosphate 

 gave a crop of nearly ten and one-half tons per acre, but 

 when 200 pounds of Nitrate of Soda were 

 added, the yield was increased to over 15 Formulas and 

 tons. The season was very unfavorable. Directions. 

 Three hundred pounds per acre of Nitrate is recommended. 



Melons, Cucumbers and Squash. 



The remarks following upon the profitable fertilizing of 

 melons, applies also to cucumbers, cantaloupes, squashes and 

 similar crops. All these crops do best on a rather light loam, 

 or if heavier soils must be used the drainage should be of the 

 best. The method of growing these crops is too well known 

 to require mention here. They should generally follow a 

 clean culture crop, such as corn, as most of these plants cover 



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