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WOVEN VVIRE NETTING. 



Where can the woven wire netting be bought the cheapest in Ontario? I see some get 

 it for less than one cent per srjuare foot. A. 



Reply by B. Greening, Wire Co., Hamilton. 



We sell a two-inch mesh woven wire netting, made of 19 galvanized wire, at 

 the price of one cent per square foot. Our goods can be purchased through the 

 hardware trade of Canada, but, if not stocked by any local dealer, we will sup|)ly 

 direct at that figure. 



BONE MEAL AND NITRATE OF SODA. 



1. Where can bone flour be bought, and at what price? 2. VV'here can nitrate of 

 soda be l)ought, and at what price ? 



G. E. Rali.ard, Littfowfl. 



Reply by T. H. Carpenter, Winona . 



We have never purchased bone meal alone, al-ways a complete fertilizer con- 

 taining ammonia, phosphate and potash as principal ingredients, and what nitrate 

 of soda we have gotten has also been bought from the Smith's Falls Standard 

 Fertilizer and Chemical Co. 



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FALL FERTILIZERS. 



Potash — Phosphoric Acid — Nitrogen. 



Potash and Phosphoric Acid should be tirst on this fall ; these two things are slow to 

 dissolve ; and are not liable to be lost or washed away like certain forms of nitroi/en, which 

 easily evaporate and waste. 



Potanh in the form of potash salts or wood -ashes. 



Phosphoric Acid in the form of ground bone or plain phosphate, both these should be 

 given liberally now in the fall, and wherever possible harrowed and worked in, so that witli 

 the snows and rains of winter and spring they may become dissolved and mixed well with 

 the soil, and driven down to the roots of the trees and vines, so that the roots may find 

 the necessary potash and phosphoric acid, immediately after the winter rest. The trees 

 and vines do not have half a chance if the potash and phosphoric acid is put on in the 

 spring, for it has not had time to dissolve and become available for the first growth. 



There are certain forms of nitrogen, like nitrohcne-phos., which could be given with 

 great advantage in the fall along with potash salts. But as a rule, it is a waste to pnt 

 ({uick acting nitrogen on in the fall, such as nitrate of soda, etc. 



Nitrogen should therefore be put on in the, spring and also, if at all possible, durinff 

 ijrorvth, so that the nitrogen may get down to the roots with the very first moisture that 

 reaches them. 



Stable and all available manures should be carted on before the snow goes, so as to 

 get the benefit of spring rain and melting snow, so that as the nitrogen is washed out it 

 may be carried at once to the roots and be available for the very first growth. 



Fruit growers who doubt the necessity of feeding their orchards and vineyards take 

 great risk. They should at least pick out a few trees and vines and experiment with tliem, 



