224 GARDEN PROFITS 



acre may be at once reduced to the corresponding 

 amount per square foot or yard. It is then but 

 the work of a moment to determine the correct 

 amount for any sized bed or garden. Also have 

 handy a saucepan or dipper marked to indicate a 

 quarter-pound, half-pound, etc., in order that the 

 desired quantity may be at once measured out, 

 instead of having to weigh it. 



In case the table should not be at hand it may 

 be convenient to know the following rule: Multiply 

 the length in yards of the plot to be fertilized by 

 the width in yards. Multiply this by the number of 

 pounds to be used per acre, point off four places 

 and multiply by 2. The result will be the number 

 of pounds of fertilizer required for the plot in ques- 

 tion. 



Example: Garden bed 2 yards by 5 yards to be 

 fertilized at the rate of 1,500 pounds per acre. The 

 result of 2 multiplied by 5 is 10, which, multiplied 

 by the number of pounds to be used per acre, gives 

 15,000. Point off four places — 1.5 — and multiply 

 by 2, giving as a final result 3, or the number of 

 pounds required. 



This is not quite as accurate as the table, but it 

 is a great deal more so than guessing. 



But don't figure on the gross area of your gar- 

 den. Measure the rows you are to fertilize, mul- 

 tiply them by say a foot more than the width of 

 the crop, and calculate for that area, which is the 

 real crop area. 



The more common commercial fertilizers and 

 those which you can most easily get, are as follows, 



