200 SCHOOL AND HOME GARDENS 
Apply this fertilizer at the rate of about one thou- 
sand pounds per acre at the time of planting. Later in 
the season another application may be made between the 
rows, at the rate of about five hundred pounds per acre. 
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Fie. 108. Growing Plants in Water 
au, Wandering Jew growing in water without fertilizer; b, plant growing in water 
with fertilizer. Use nitrate of soda, three ounces; acid phosphate, four ounces; 
and sulfate of potash, one ounce in eight gallons of water. To make a smaller 
amount, pulverize and mix the above amounts, take one eighth of the mixture 
and put it into one gallon of water 
To obtain satisfactory results from the use of commer- 
cial fertilizers, the land must be kept in good condition 
with barnyard manure or with green manure. Land needs 
humus before it will pay to use commercial fertilizers. 
Leaf mold. For making leaf mold use leaves that do 
not contain garden rubbish, which may be infested 
with plant diseases or insect pests. Lawn clippings and 
