THE PRINCIPLES OF FERTILIZER PRACTICE 491 



Table C 



GROUP I : 



Wheat (fall) 



Oats 



Rye (fall) 



FODDER AND STAPLE CROPS. 



Maize Millet 



Barley Beans (field) 



Buckwheat Peas (field) 



Soil 



Without 



Parm Manure 



With 



Farm Manure 



Sandy soil 



2-10-6 



2-10-4 



( 2-12-2 



I 2-12-0 



0-12-4 I or Acid 

 0-12-2 i PJios. 



Acid Phosphate 



Loamy soil 



Clayey soil 





Table CI 



GROUP II : TOP DRESSINGS. 



Soil 



Timothy, 

 Orchart> Sod 



AND 



Meadows * 



Wheat, Eye 



AND Oats 



fob Hay 



(Spbing 



Dressing) * 



Pastures* 



AND 



Legumes 



Sandy soil 



Loamy soil 



Clayey soil 



7-8-6 

 7-8-3 

 7-8-0 



7-8-3 

 7-8-0 

 7-8-0 



0-10-8' 



0-12-4 



0-12-2 



or Acid 



Phos. 



^or Basic 



Slag 



* Note. — Sodium nitrate or ammonium sulfate may be used alone as 

 a top-dressing on all of these crops except legumes. 



Table CII 



GROUP in : VEGETABLES. 



1. Extensively — Tomatoes, 

 sweet corn, beets, cab- 

 bage, etc. 



Sandy soil 3-10-6 



Loamy soil. .... 3-10-4 



Clayey soil )-qioo 



All root-crops should re- 

 ceive at least 2 per cent, 

 of K2O. 



2. Intensively — Cabbage, let- 

 tuce, celery, asparagus, 

 etc. 



Sandy soil 4-10-6 



Loamy soil 4-10-4 



Clayey soil 4-10-2 



The ammonia should be re- 

 duced if farm manure is 

 used. 



