Manures and Fertilizers 



Various formulae have been from time to time furnished by different experi- 

 menters, as well as by the Experiment Stations. The following formulae 

 have all been used by the writer, with success, the results thus far with any 

 of the different formulae not being sufficiently striking to enable him to select 

 either one or the other as giving positively the best results : 



Formula A : 250 pounds super-phosphate, 75 pounds nitrate of soda, 50 

 pounds sulphate of potash. This is thoroughly mixed, ground together, and 

 dissolved in water in the proportion of one ounce to one gallon of water, and 

 applied to the soil about once in two weeks after the plants have become well 

 established and are growing rapidly. 



Formula B: This formula has been used by one of our best chrysanthe- 

 mum growers for a number of years, with great success : 50 pounds of 

 nitrate of soda, 30 pounds nitrate of potash, 20 pounds phosphate of am- 

 monia. This mixture is dissolved at the rate of one ounce to twelve gallons 

 of water, and applied twice each week after the plants are growing rapidly 

 until growth is completed ; then a liberal dose of super-phosphate is given 

 to bring the plants into bloom. The foregoing formula makes a fertilizer 

 which is completely soluble in water, and is probably one of the best. 



Formula C: 250 pounds super-phosphate, 30 pounds nitrate of potash, 

 20 pounds phosphate of ammonia, 50 pounds nitrate of soda. This makes 

 a formula particularly rich in nitrogen, and is used at the rate of one ounce 

 to twelve gallons of water when applied weekly, or one ounce to two gallons 

 of water when applied every two weeks. 



Formula D: 250 pounds super-phosphate, 100 pounds ground dried 

 blood, 50 pounds sulphate of potash. Used at the rate of one ounce to one 

 gallon of water, and applied once in two weeks, or at the rate of one ounce to 

 twelve gallons of water and applied once or twice weekly. 



Formula E: 300 pounds bone black, 50 pounds sulphate of potash, 75 

 pounds nitrate of soda. Applied in a similar manner as set forth in For- 

 mula D. 



For exhausted soils the following formula ha. c been used with consider- 

 able success : 500 pounds super-phosphate, 75 pounds sulphate of potash, 300 

 pounds ground sheep manure. This is sown in the drills at the rate of 300 

 to 500 pounds per acre, according to the character of the soil, and is thor- 

 oughly 'stirred in and incorporated with the soil before the drills are covered 

 in and the ridges made upon which the young carnation plants are set. 



Mr. William Stuart, of the Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 gives the following- general formula, which he recommends for use in rose 



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