P^"'^ fo'" Cabbage. 



Plants ^ 



n^ 9. For cabbages or Swedish turnips : 



Pounds. 



Nitrate of Soda 1 50 



Dried blood 200 



Dry ground fish 400 



Bone meal 200 



Acid phosphate , 500 



Sulphate of potash (high-grade) 250 



Furnishing Nitrogen, 70 pounds ; phosphoric acid, 141 

 pounds, and potash, 125 pounds. 



Soy Beans. 

 10. For soy beans : 



Pounds. 



Nitrate of Soda 1 00 



Dry ground fish , 150 



Acid phosphate 300 



Sulphate of potash (high-grade) 200 



Furnishing Nitrogen, 27 pounds ; phosphoric acid, 52 

 pounds, and potash, 100 pounds. 



The continuous use of muriate of potash may so far 

 deplete the soil of lime that an occasional application of 

 this material may be required in case of such use. The 

 sulphate of potash may be a safer material to use where a 

 growth of clover is desired than the muriate, and therefore 

 it may often be wise to use the sulphate in such formulas 

 as are given above where muriate is specified. The high- 

 grade sulphate should be selected. 



These materials should as a rule be mixed just before 

 use, and applied broadcast (after plowing) and harrowed in 

 just before planting the seed. Where Nitrate of Soda is to 

 be used in quantities in excess of 1 50 founds per acre, one-half 

 the amount of this salt may be withheld until the crop is 3 or 

 4 inches high, when it may be evenly scattered near the plants. 

 It is unnecessary to cover this, though it may prove more 

 promptly effective in absence of rain if cultivated in. 



The quantities recommended are in most cases moderate. 

 On soils of good physical character it will often prove 

 profitable to use about one and one-half times the amounts 

 given. 



THE EDITOR. 



