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CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS ; AND LIME 



Crop and Fertilizing Materials 



Weight 



USED 



PER Acre 



350 

 400 

 250 



52 



56 



1000 



54 

 5.4 



52 

 5.2 



56 

 5.6 



50 

 400 

 250 



52 



56 



700 



52 



7.4 



56 

 8.0 



50 

 400 

 150 



52 



56 



600 



8 

 1.3 



52 



8.7 



56 

 9.3 



400 

 400 

 200 



64 



1000 



64 

 6.4 



200 

 800 



200 

 200 

 400 

 200 

 2000 



32 

 44 



40 



58 



26 



116 



5.8 



84 

 4.2 



128 



28 



156 



7.8 



GR.\sa— .spring top-drossinRpjasi? 



land, suKKfstrd hy the Rluxlo 



Island Mxpt'rinicnt Station : ' 

 Nitrat(> of soda .... 

 Arid phosphate .... 

 Muriate of potash . . . 



Total . . . . . . 



Percentage composition 



Clovers, or alfalfa, without 



other manure and on hmd 



earrying the proper root tu- 



l)ercl'^ ()rKani.sms : 

 Nitrate of so(hi .... 

 Acid phosphate .... 

 Muriate of potash . 



Total 



Percentage composition 



Bean8 or peas without other 

 manure on soil carrying the 

 proper root tubercle organ- 

 isms : 



Nitrate of soda 



Acid phosphate 



Muriate of potash .... 



Total 



Percentage composition 



Mangolds or other beets, 



based upon experiments at 



the Rothamstefi (England) 



Experiment Station (to be 



us(>d in conjunction with a 



liberal dressing of farm ma- 

 nure) : 



Nitrate of soda 



Muriate of potash .... 

 Common salt ^ . ... 



Total 



Percentage composition 



Manoolds or other beets 



without farm manure: 



Nitrate of soda 



Screened tankage .... 

 Sulfate r)f animonia (or 300 



pounds high-grad" dried 



blood) 



Acid phosphate 



Muriate of potasli .... 

 Common salt 



Total 



Percentage composition 



* Rhode Island Sta. Bui. 90. ' Beets are successfully grown in Maine without salt. 



Nitro- 

 gen 



lb. 

 54 



Phosphoric Acid 



Avail- 

 able 



lb. 



Total 



lb. 



