‘902 FORAGE CROPS 
seeding a further application should be made of 
300 pounds per acre of a commercial fertilizer, 
containing 
Nitrogen: 2 46-88 a wa ee ee 3 per cent 
Phosphoric acid (available). . .... . 6 per cent 
Potash. . 2... 6 ee ee ee wes © ~ 5 por cent 
This will ensure an abundance of the mineral 
elements, and sufficient nitrogen to supply the 
immediate needs of the plant and to encourage a 
vigorous growth in the fall. If the land is in good 
condition, and the plants winter well, a top-dress- 
ing on the first cutting is not usually required, 
although, in order to ensure a good second crop 
or aftermath, it is desirable that the top-dressing 
be made after the first crop is removed, preferably 
of the formula mentioned for seeding down, at the 
rate of 300 to 400 pounds per acre. The second 
season, the crop is likely to be made up largely of 
timothy and red-top, the clovers having disap- 
peared, and a top-dressing should then be made 
early in the spring, as soon as the grass has well 
started, of a fertilizer rich in available nitrogen, 
in order that the plant may have a nitrogenous 
-food that it can appropriate rapidly when it needs. 
Therefore, a mixture of 
Nitrate of soda... .. 2... 2. eee 500 pounds 
Ground bone... .. 1... 1... eee 200 pounds 
Acid phosphate... .......... 200 pounds 
Mouriate of potash .......... .100 pounds 
