BARNYARD MILLET 



75 



Fig. 4. Head of 

 Barnyard millet 



face and within a very short time. 

 Experience in the growth of this 

 crop has shown that the artificial 

 fertilizers are quite as useful as 

 yard manure. When manure can 

 be obtained cheaply, ten to twelve 

 tons per acre should be applied 

 as soon as the land is plowed 

 and thoroughly incorporated with 

 the soil. In the absence of yard 

 manure, a heavy dressing should 

 be applied of a mixture of ni- 

 trate of soda, acid phosphate and 

 muriate of potash, furnishing at 

 least twenty -five pounds of nitro- 

 gen, twenty of available phosphor- 

 ic acid and fifty of actual potash 

 per acre. An increase in yield of 

 75 per cent has followed the ap- 

 plication of 160 pounds per acre 

 of nitrate of soda, making a very 

 profitable gain from this practice. 

 The nitrate not only supplies the 

 needed nitrogen, but encourages 

 a larger development and greater 

 activity on the part of the plant, 

 thus enabling it to secure a larger 

 proportion of nitrogen from soil 

 sources, which would be impossi- 



