step three feet, this will put on about 600 pounds per acre; Food for 

 If only two feet, 900 pounds per acre. Run a fine tooth ^^'L!^ 

 cultivator along the rows to mix the fertilizers with the soil. ^ 

 It will, of course, be necessary to mark out the rows again 

 before planting the potatoes. If planted in hills marked 

 both ways, drop a handful on each hill and mix well with a 

 hoe or potato hook ; but this is not as satisfactory as the 

 other method. 



Sweet Potatoes — See page 19. 

 Tobacco — See pages 20 and 21. 

 T'omatoes — See pages 24 and 25. 



Corn — Apply the same mixture as recommended for 

 potatoes and in the same way. It usually will not pay to use 

 more than one ounce (about one-half handful) to a hill. 

 For growing cabbage and cauliflower sow Cabbage and 

 broadcast the same mixture as recom- Cauliflower 

 mended for potatoes, using a small handful 

 to each square yard of ground, and rake or harrow it in 

 before sowing the seed. 



For early cabbage set close together, it will pay to sow 

 the fertilizers broadcast over the whole ground and work 

 them in before setting out the plants. If the land has been 

 heavily manured for a number of years Nitrate of Soda 

 alone may do as much good as the mixture. In this case, 

 the Nitrate may be applied after the plants are set out — a 

 teaspoonful to a plant. 



For late cabbage, set 2^^ to 3 feet apart each way. It 

 is a good plan to apply the fertilizers after the plants are 

 set out. To do this, scatter a small handful of the mixture 

 recommended for potatoes near each plant, but not on the 

 plant. Cultivate this in with a small tooth cultivator. It is 

 best to go twice on each row, dropping the fertilizer on both 

 sides of the plants, using half the quantity on each side. 

 Superphosphate should be worked into Celery 



the land intended for growing celery plants, 

 either the fall before or in the spring before the seed is sown, 

 at the rate of 500 pounds per acre. As soon as the plants 

 come up, sow broadcast 500 pounds Nitrate of Soda 

 per acre, or a small handful to each square yard. If heavy 

 rains occur, it is well to give the plants another application 

 of Nitrate. This need not be as heavy as the first 

 application. 



