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use. Raw crushed bone is to be used only 

 in the original preparation of the ground. 

 Bone meal acts slowly but a dressing once a 

 year at the rate of five hundred pounds to the 

 acre will give marvellous returns. It can be 

 used at any time, and on very light, sandy 

 soils it is common practice to apply a top 

 dressing in the late summertime. 



Phosphates are particularly beneficial in 

 giving vigour to grass plants. They may be 

 applied better by means of bone meal than 

 by any of the chemical fertilisers. Bone 

 meal also contains a fair proportion of slowly 

 available nitrogen, and where there is no need 

 for special sudden stimulation it may be used 

 to the exclusion of nitrate of soda or animal 

 manures. 



WOOD ASHES AND LIME 



Hardwood ashes, broadcasted at the rate 

 of one ton to the acre, are peculiarly available 

 on blue grass lawns inasmuch as they carry 

 with them a quantity of lime which will 

 neutralise any tendency to acidity in the soil, 

 thus making it a more congenial medium for 

 the Kentucky blue grass. 



