Potashes. 



Per cent actual 

 potash. 



Nitrate of Soda i to 3 



Muriate potash 5° 



Sulphate potash 5^ 



Canada wood ashes o 



Cotton seed hull ashes 25 



Waste from gunpowder works . 1 8 



Corn cob ashes 23 



Maryland marls 1-25 



Peruvian guano 2.61 



Castor pumace i • 5 



Tobacco stems 6.5 



Barnyard manure 0'43 



Sodas. 



Per cent actual 

 soda. 



Carbonate of Soda 5° 



Sulphate of Soda 43 



Nitrate of Soda 35 



Lbs. Potash 

 per ton. 



20 to 60 

 looo 

 1040 

 120 

 400 

 360 

 460 



25 

 52.2 



30 

 130 

 8.6 



Lbs. Soda 

 per ton. 



1000 



860 

 700 



Food for 

 Plants 



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SOUTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL 

 EXPERIMENT STATION. 



Reprinted from Bulletin No. 56. 



October, 1900. 



Clemson Agricultural College. 



S. C. A. & M. COLLEGE. 



Wheat. 



I. Comparison of Varieties. 



II. Quantity of Seed per Acre. 



III. Experiment -with Nitrogen. 



IV. Home Manures. 



V. Commercial Fertilizers. 



VI. Tillage. 



Page 5. 



Ifwheatis sown upon land deficient in Fertilizers, 



organic matter, it is wise to use a complete 

 fertilizer, containing Nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash. 



