home; mixed fertilizers. 



149 



A SUGGESTED FORMULA (NO. 13) FOR BEANS OR PEAS WITH- 

 OUT THE MANURE ON SOIL CARRYING THE PROPER ROOT 

 TUBERCLE ORGANISMS. FOR ONE ACRE. 





CD 



-> GO 



■Swg 



» * 2 



[> to O 



1 



bca 

 ? a 



~ 



S5 ft 



Phosphoric Acid. 







Available- 

 pounds. 



Total- 

 pounds. 



r- m 



cs a 

 - ft 





50 

 400 

 150 



8 











52 



56 









75 













Total 



600 



8 

 1.3 



52 



8.7 



56 

 9.3 



75 





12.5 









BEETS. MANGOLDS. 



A crop of 600 bushels of beets carries more than 100 pounds 

 of nitrogen, nearly 200 pounds potash, and only about 40 pounds 

 phosphoric acid. At the Rothamsted (England) Experiment 

 Station mangolds have been grown continuously on the same 

 land for nearly 30 years with different fertilizers. The results 

 of the experiments are summarized as follows :* 



"Mangolds can be grown continuously on the same land with- 

 out injuring the tilth of the land or the health of the crop. 



"A liberal dressing of farmyard manure forms the best basis 

 of the manure for mangolds. 



"The crop will further respond to considerable additions of 

 active nitrogenous manures to the dung, particularly of nitrate 

 of soda. 



"A free supply of potash salts is essential to the proper 

 development of the mangold, hence a specific potash manuring 

 is desirable, even when dung is used in large quantities, and on 

 a strong soil initially rich in potash. When nitrogenous 

 manures are used in addition to dung, the potash salts should be 

 increased pro rata, in order to maintain the health and feeding 

 value of the crop and to bring it to maturity. 



*Farni Journal of Royal Agricultural Society, 1902. 



