21 



Or 



40 pounds tankage, containing about 10 per cent nitrogen. 

 8 pounds high-grade sulphate of potash. 

 5 pounds basic slag. 



Or 



30 pounds cotton seed meal. 



12 pounds nitrate of soda. 



8 pounds high-grade sulphate of potash. 



15 pounds steamed bone meal. 



THIRD APPLICATION. 



The third application should be made six months later, which will 

 be in April or May provided the plants were set in July or August 

 The following amounts will furnish 3 pounds nitrogen, 6 pounds 

 potash, and 3 pounds phosphorus and should be applied to 1,000 

 plants : 



22 pounds dried blood. 



12 pounds high-grade sulphate of potash. 



30 pounds steamed bone meal. 



Or 



30 pounds tankage. 



12 pounds high-grade sulphate of potash. 

 10 pounds basic slag. 



Or 



42 pounds cotton-seed meal. 



24 pounds low-grade sulphate of potash. 



14 pounds acid phosphate. 



FOURTH APPLICATION. 



The fourth application, which in this instance is the last, should be 

 made about two months previous to blooming, which would ordinarily 

 be in October or November for plants set from fourteen to fifteen 

 months previous. The following amounts will furnish 2 pounds 

 nitrogen, 10 pounds potash, and ?> pounds phosphorus per 1,000 plants: 



14 pounds dried blood. 



20 pounds bigh-grade sulphate of potash. 



10 pounds steamed bone meal. 



10 pounds basic slag. 



Or 



20 pounds tankage. 



40 pounds low-grade sulphate of potash. 

 10 pounds steamed bone meal. 

 0 pounds acid phosphate. 



Or 



30 pounds cotton-seed meal. 



20 pounds high-grade sulphate of potash. 



12 pounds basic slag. 



SUBSEQUENT APPLICATIONS. 



If the field is continued — that is, if the suckers and rattoons are left 

 to produce another crop — the plants should be fertilized immediately 



