202 FORAGE CROPS 



seeding a further application should be made of 

 300 pounds per acre of a commercial fertilizer, 

 containing 



Nitrogen 3 per cent 



Phosphoric acid (available) 6 per cent 



Potash 5 per cent 



This will ensure an abundance of the mineral 

 elements, and sufficient nitrogen to supply the 

 immediate needs of the plant and to encourage a 

 vigorous growth in the fall. If the land is in good 

 condition, and the plants winter well, a top-dress- 

 ing on the first cutting is not usually required, 

 although, in order to ensure a good second crop 

 or aftermath, it is desirable that the top-dressing 

 be made after the first crop is removed, preferably 

 of the formula mentioned for seeding down, at the 

 rate of 300 to 400 pounds per acre. The second 

 season, the crop is likely to be made up largely of 

 timothy and red -top, the clovers having disap- 

 peared, and a top-dressing should then be made 

 early in the spring, as soon as the grass has well 

 started, of a fertilizer rich in available nitrogen, 

 in order that the plant may have a nitrogenous 

 food that it can appropriate rapidly when it needs. 

 Therefore, a mixture of 



Nitrate of soda 500 pounds 



Ground bone 200 pounds 



Acid phosphate 200 pounds 



Muriate of potash 100 pounds 



