Using Fertilizers With Sense 

 Feeding the Plant What It Wants 



MUCH of the success of the garden often 

 depends upon the proper employment of 

 fertilizers. It may be pointed out that, after 

 allowing for the carbon that the plant secures 

 from the atmosphere, all the food of vegetation 

 is absorbed by the roots from the soil. This 

 material is taken up in the form of solution and 

 it is always being absorbed so long as the cells 

 of the plant are deficient in any particular sub- 

 stance. There is no evidence that the roots 

 have any selective powers and, if the solution is 

 of a proper strength and the plant cells are not 

 already fully charged with the element, absorp- 

 tion is bound to take place. It appears that it 

 is important to allow each crop the fertilizer 

 that will give the grower the results he desires. 



All the nitrogeneous manures have a notable 

 effect upon the foliage of plants. A soil enriched 

 in this particular way is sure to encourage a 

 rank growth of leafage; this will be carried out 

 at the exoer.se of flower and fruit. Quite plainly 

 nitrogeneous fertilizers are valuable in those 

 cases where the foliage is the crop; this would 

 apply in the case of many vegetables such as 

 cabbages, brussels sprouts, spinach, etc. High 

 grade guano is one of the best of the nitrogeneous 

 manures but must be used with care. The 

 amount allowed outdoors should be about four 

 ounces to the square yard. Guano may be use- 

 fully applied to growing plants in the spring 

 if the soil is slightly stirred and the powder shaken 

 over the surface. In ordinary weather no fur- 

 ther steps are needful but, if the conditions are 

 very dry, it pays to water the guano in. 



Some of the chemical nitrogenous fertilizers 

 are of great value. Those most generally used 

 are nitrate of soda and sulphate of ammonia. 

 The first mentioned is a very strong fertilizer 

 and it should always be used with care. It has 

 been said on good authority that one hundred- 

 weight of this chemical contains more nitrogen 

 that plants can take up than a ton and a half of 

 farmyard manure. Light dressings should be 

 given to ground in the proportion of about an 

 ounce to every two or three square yards of land. 



Sulphate of ammonia must be applied with 

 great care in the case of growing crops. It 

 should not be allowed to touch the foliage seeing 

 that it burns rather badly. This chemical 

 should be applied with a sparing hand not more 

 than an ounce being allotted to every five square 

 yards. 



A sufficiency of potash in the soil will insure 

 fruits and vegetables of large size and good flavor. 

 Quite often in the case of land that has been 

 regularly dressed with lime there will be enough 

 available potash. This substance plays such an 

 important part in the life of the plant that, in 

 many cases, it is desirable to administer it in 

 the form of sulphate of potash. Potatoes, for 

 instance, are especially responsive to the presence 

 of potash in the soil. A pound of sulphate of 

 potash might suitably be added to every square 

 rod of ground. 



As is commonly known the presence of phos- 

 phatic material in the soil is needful where the 

 production of fruit is concerned. The term fruit 

 is used in its broadest sense to include many vege- 

 tables, such as marrows for example. Bone 

 meal and superphosphate are the best phosphatic 

 fertilizers for the small grower. The former is 

 slow in action and it is important to get that 

 which is finely ground to secure the speediest 

 results. It is, however, extremely practical for 

 general use. It may be sprinkled on the soil 

 and then worked in with a fork. Superphos- 



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