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of lime alone, though it sives remarkable stimulus to 
viant srowth, will snon deplete the anil of its natural 
fertility and should be combined with real fertilizers. 
Basic slag arpears t»% be one of the cheapest and 
bert fertilizers for eastern orchards. It is being used 
with suceess by many orchardists, - (Drew, 191], and 
Fraser, 1912), This slag is a by-product from the man- 
ufacturea of steel and contains in each ton, about 900 
iime and 360 pounds of phosphoric acid. An annual appli- 
cation of 509 to ino Mae given excellent results in 
erowth, color and finish of fruit. If the orchard is 
heavily pruned it may be beast tn delay the avplication of 
other fertilisers until the second year, Barnyard manure 
is valuable for the humus and nitrogen that it contains. 
The potash muat be supplied from some other ssurce, - the 
sulphate or muriate of potash being the form commonly 
used, with an application of about 200 pounds per acre 
annually. 
All fertilizers should be applied out under the ends 
of hansing branches, since here is the place that we find 
the feeding roots. It is a poor investment tno scatter 
the fertilisers about the trunks of old trees, for the 
roots in this part of the enil are covered with a heavy 
park and do no absorbing. 
Other 9911 treatment will be taken up under the head 
of cultivation, 
