FERTILIZING TIMOTHY 321 
On the other hand, these experiments give rea- 
son to believe that, when stable manure is lack- 
ing or not sufficiently abundant, commercial 
fertilizers may be used, if used judiciously, with 
good results. 
“For the New York farmer, especially those 
who wish to raise the maximum amount of hay, 
a judicious blending of stable manure, legumi- 
nous crops and commercial fertilizers will prob- 
ably bring both the maximum yield and the 
most economic returns. For the farmer who 
wishes to raise a larger proportion of hay on 
Dunkirk clay loam, an eight-year rotation may 
be suggested: hay, five years; an intertilled 
crop, such as corn, potatoes, beans, mangels, 
rutabagas or cabbages, one year; oats, one year; 
winter wheat or rye, one year. Timothy would 
be seeded in the fall with the wheat or rye and 
a mixture of red and alsike clover the following 
spring. In this rotation stable manure should 
be applied to the grass land before plowing for 
the cultivated crop. No fertilizer of any sort 
need be applied for oats. To the wheat apply 
commercial fertilizer relatively high in phosphoric 
acid and potash and low in nitrogen. Apply in 
the spring to each grass crop, just as soon as 
the grass starts, commercial fertilizers relatively 
high in nitrogen and low in phosphoric acid and 
potash. Mixed fertilizers usually contain too 
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