MIXTURES FOR GARDEN CROPS 451 



ingredients, to insure the correct proportion, after which it will 

 be possible to make a fairly accurate guess at the desired amounts. 



Any form of shelter can be used, though on a poultry farm of 

 large size it will pay to erect or remodel a small building for this 

 special purpose. One having a watertight floor, which will 

 prevent the entrance of moisture from without, and the escape 

 of any liquids from within, is the ideal shelter, and will soon pay 

 for itself many times over in the increased valuation of the manure. 



Fertilizer Formulas. — ^To aid those who wish to compound their 

 own fertilizer mixtures, the following analysis of hen manure 

 is given, which is in accordance with the investigations of the 

 Massachusetts Experiment Station : 



COMPOSITION OF POULTRY MANURE Percent 



Water 65.00 



Nitrogen' 1.56 



Potash 44 



Phosphoric acid 1.09 



Calcium oxide (lime) 1.62 



FORMULA FOR LAWNS pounds 



Hen manure 1800 



Muriate of potash 75 



Acid phosphate 125 



2000 

 Approximate analysis: Nitrogen 1.4 per cent, phosphoric acid 1.9 per 

 cent, potash 2.2 per cent. Apply from one to one and a half tons to the acre. 



FORMULA FOR CORN pounds 



Hen manure 1510 



Acid phosphate 340 



Muriate of potash 150 



2000 

 Approximate analysis: Nitrogen i.i per cent, phosphoric acid 3.2 per 

 cent, potash 4.0 per cent. 



FORMULA FOR FRUIT TREES Pounds 



Hen manure 1500 



High-grade sulphate potash 170 



16 per cent acid phosphate 330 



2000 

 Approximate analysis: Nitrogen l.i per cent, phosphoric acid 3.3 per 

 cent, potash 4.5 per cent. 



