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monia, nitrate of soda, nitrate of lime, or nitrolim; 

 but for general garden work, provided the ground 

 contains sufficient lime, sulphate of ammonia is most 

 to be recommended. This, or any of the above 

 fertilisers, may be used at the rate of about 1 oz. 

 per square yard, If to 2 Ibs. to 30 square yards, 

 15 to 20 Ibs. to 300 square yards, or 1 to 2 cwts. 

 per acre. 



Nitrogenous manures should not be applied as a 

 general dressing during winter, but used as a specific 

 dressing in spring for certain crops to be indicated 

 later, either before sowing or planting, at the time 

 of planting, or as a top-dressing to the growing 

 crop. 



Phosphatic Fertilisers. These may be applied 

 (1) in the form of basic slag at the rate of 5 Ibs. to 

 30 square yards, J cwt. to 300 square yards, or from 

 6 to 8 cwts. per acre ; (2) bone-meal, or steamed 

 bone-flour, either separately or mixed together in 

 equal proportions, and in each case applied at the 

 same rate as the slag ; or (3) in the form of super- 

 phosphate at the rate of 3 Ibs. to 30 square yards, 

 2 stones to 300 square yards, or 4 cwts. per acre. 



Basic slag is the best phosphatic manure for all 

 medium and heavy soils, while the bone manures are 

 better adapted to light sandy soils. These are best 

 applied in winter after digging the ground, while 

 superphosphate, equally suitable for any kind of 

 soil, is better applied in spring before planting, or, 

 being soluble in water, it may be used as a top- 

 dressing during the growing season. 



A general application of basic slag every third or 

 fourth year, to all vegetable ground, is recommended, 



