214 FOOD FOR PLANTS 



Weight in 

 Dominion 

 Standard 



Bushels Lbs. 



Bituminous Coal 70 



Blue Grass Seed 14 



Castor Beans 40 



Clover Seed 60 



Hemp Seed 44 



Indian Corn 56 



Lime 70 



Malt 36 



Mangels 50 



Oats 34 



Peas 60 



Potatoes 60 



Rye 56 



Timothy Seed 48 



Turnips 50 



Wheat 60 



Methods Used in the Application of Nitrate. 



In orchards, gardens and comparatively small field 

 areas, Nitrate may be conveniently broadcasted by 

 hand from a pail, hand-sowing hopper or directly 

 from the wagon box in which the Nitrate has been 

 brought to the scene of operations. 



On larger areas — no special fertilizer sowing ma- 

 chine being available — the Nitrate may be rapidly 

 and efficiently distributed by means of the fertilizer- 

 sowing attachment of a modern grain drill. In this 

 way the Nitrate — alone or mixed with phosphate, or 

 potash, or both — should be drilled in usually prior to 

 seeding or planting. Subsequent applications of 

 Nitrate — if required — to the growing crops may be 

 topdressed by means of the same machine with disks 



