and you will have a better mixture, but 
it will cost more than 250 pounds of a 
high-grade fertilizer. “Home mixing” 
on the basis proposed in that formula 
would soon come to an end. 
The Seeds of Canada Thistles. 
E. H. T., West Dry den, N. Y.— Some 
time ago, at a meeting of farmers of 
which I was a member, the question, 
“ Will the seeds of the Canada thistle 
grow ?” became a subject of discussion. 
It was debated with considerable warmth 
for some time, but in the end we were 
unable to decide. Since then the dis¬ 
cussion has been several times re¬ 
newed, but always with the same result. 
Finally, in despair of being able to set¬ 
tle it ourselves, we agreed to ask The 
Rural to answer it for us. 
Ans. —Some seeds of Canada thistle 
will grow, some will not. The plant is 
imperfectly dioecious, that is, the male 
or fertilizing parts are on separate plants 
(Continued on next page.) 
The Farmers' Club. 
( Continued .) 
high a fertilizing value as clover. Try 
it in a small way at first; as between 
rye or corn we should grow the grain 
that gives the most profit. The rye 
stubble, straw and buckwheat will prob¬ 
ably give the greater bulk to be turned 
under and will make less work. Give us 
prices for cotton seed meal, hull ashes or 
bran and we can help you with a mix¬ 
ture. 
Short Fertilizer Questions. 
R. 0. B., Silver Creek, N. Y. —1. When 
using 400 pounds of phosphate per acre 
on corn, would it be advisable to apply 
200 when drilling the corn and broadcast 
the other 200 when the corn is from six 
to ten inches high and cultivate in ? 2. 
When is the better time to nse phosphate 
on grapes—when first cultivating or later 
in the season? 3. Is manure with the fol¬ 
lowing analysis a first-rate one for pota¬ 
toes on a clayey loamy soil: ammonia 
(derived from dried blood, sulphate of 
ammonia, nitrate of soda and animal 
matter) 4.50 to 5.00; phosphoric acid 
(available, derived from animal bone) 
8.50 to 10.00 ; potash (derived from high- 
grade muriate) 7.00 to 8.00 ? 
Ans.—1 . That is a small amount of 
chemical fertilizer to use if it contains 
the three most important constituents in 
the right proportion. Our inquirer speaks 
of phosphate. Does he mean a fertilizer 
containing phosphoric acid only, or a 
“ complete” fertilizer ? It is a pity that 
both fertilizer firms and rural journals 
cultivate this stupid misuse of names. 
Assuming that a complete fertilizer is 
meant, perhaps the proposition of our 
friend is about right. 2. At the first cul¬ 
tivation. 3. About right. 
Mealy and 
Pure 
within. 
days, and must 
grow continuously to be good, and need plant food ready 
to act not only at the start, but gradually throughout the 
season. 
THE STOCKBRIDGE POTATO MANURE 
supplies this kind of plant food in forms best suited to the potato 
crop; and potatoes grown on it are invariably good, being smooth 
and fair without and mealy and pure within. 
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One and Two-Horse Walkers 
Will Fertilizer “Burn” Plants P 
“ J.,” Bridgeport, N. J. —Would a com¬ 
plete fertilizer sown broadcast after the 
plants were in the field, penetrate the 
ground to the roots to benefit the crop, 
when the block containing the plant is 
set in furrows eight or ten inches deep, 
the fertilizer to be worked in by harrow¬ 
ing ; if so, how soon after the plants are 
put in the field ? Would the fertilizer 
burn, or in any other way affect the plants 
if sown broadcast directly over them ? 
Ans. —Yes, it would reach the roots 
after the first hard rain. When high- 
grade fertilizer is sown after the plants 
are up and in leaf, they will be a little 
burned in some cases unless rain falls 
soon after the sowing. But the probable 
or possible harm would not deter us from 
sowing the fertilizer. 
A Formula for Grass Lands. 
W. D. H., Fort Warren, Mass. —Will the 
following formula bring a worn-out pas¬ 
ture “ into good feed : ” nitrate of soda, 
100 pounds ; powdered phosphate of lime, 
200 pounds ; soda ash, 50 pounds ? I find 
the above in the Mirror and Farmer, 
written by Andrew n. Ward. 
Ans. —This is a good illustration of the 
damage done by advising the use of 
special home mixtures without making 
all the facts clear. There are many worn- 
out pastures that never can be made into 
“ good feed ” without harrowing and re¬ 
seeding, no matter how much fertilizer 
is used. The worthless grasses and 
weeds have crowded out the good 
grasses. Undoubtedly there are pastures 
that would be helped by this mixture, 
but to say that it will bring every pasture 
into good feed is as misleading as to say 
that a dose of castor oil will cure every 
sick man whether his trouble is a broken 
leg, a kidney trouble or a bad liver. In 
the nitrate of soda are 16 pounds of nitro¬ 
gen, and in the “ powdered phosphate of 
lime ” possibly 60 pounds of phosphoric 
acid. Probably he means “floats” or 
finely-ground phosphate rock. There is 
no potash about this mixture, and on 
soils deficient in that substance, much of 
the nitrogen would be lost. Substitute 
50 pounds of muriate of potash for the 
soda ash, and 100 pounds of boneblack 
superphosphate for 150 of the “ floats,” 
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