THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 3 
136 
A Fertilizer and How to Apply It. 
C. H.iSelln's Orove,Pa. —I purpote to fer¬ 
tilize my potato ground this spring with 
300 pourds of nitrate of soda, 150 pounds 
of muriate of pctash and 500 pounds of 
superphosphate of lime, mixed, per acre. 
That would make a dressing of 950 
pounds per acre. After the potatoes are 
taken up next fall, I wish to sow it to 
wheat, and in the spring of 1895 sow 
Red clover on the wheat. Under these 
circumstance!, which would be the better 
way to apply the fertilizer ? 
Ans. —We w ould broadcast 500 pounds 
and put the rest in the drill well mixed 
with the soil. The value of that mixture 
will depend somewhat upon the compo¬ 
sition of the “ superphosphate.” As we 
have before explained, a real superphos¬ 
phate contains only soluble phosphoric 
acid. The manufacturers sell a sc-called 
superphosphate containing more or less 
nitrogen and potash. If you mean one 
of thtse, your nitrogen and potash will 
be too high for the phosphoric acid. 
Various Manure Questions. 
W. A K , Franklin, Pa, —1. I have been 
using a great deal of manure, and wish 
to use some land plaster. What is the 
best way to use it on a garden ? 2. What 
is the best way to use nitrate of soda ? 
3. What is the best plant food for toma¬ 
toes ? 4. What is the best way to use hen 
manure ? 1 shall grind it and use land 
plaster. Will it be better to sow it broad¬ 
cast or put it in the drill ? 
Ans. —1. The best place for plaster is 
in the stable scattered behind the ani¬ 
mals and in the manure gutters or in the 
manure pile as it is made up. If to be 
used directly on the land, we would 
broadcast it and harrow or rake it in. 2. 
To use nitrate of soda alone in a gar¬ 
den, we would seatcer it broadcast be¬ 
tween the rows, being careful not to put 
it within three inches of any plant. Then 
work it lightly into the soil with vake or 
hoe. 3. We advise you to send to the 
New Jersey Experiment Station at New 
Brunswick, for a bulletin on tomatoes. 
In the New Jersey experiments, stable 
manure did not give as good results as 
fertilizers, and the best results were ob¬ 
tained from a mixture of 160 pounds of 
nitrate of soda, 320 pounds of dissolved 
bone black and 160 pounds of muri¬ 
ate of potash. 4. See the article on this 
page. The chief points about hen manure 
are to keep it well sprinkled with plaster 
or kainit, hold in a dry place, and crush 
or grind as finely as possible before ap¬ 
plying. 
Two Bad Mixtures of Fertilizers. 
W. D C , Bryansvllle, Pa. —I have a 
field which I wish to plant to corn this 
spring. It is a clay loam, farmed in 
wheat the last two years and grass failed 
to catch each time. I have one half of it 
manured, and will depend on fertilizers 
for the reit. I have secured materials 
to mix as follows : Dissolved bone, 600 
pounds ; dissolved South Carolina bone, 
500 pounds ; kainit, 800 pounds ; nitrate 
of soda, 100 pounds—total 2,000 pounds. 
I wish to apply 600 or 700 pounds to the 
acre on the unmanured part, and 500 on 
the manured part Any comments as to 
treatment and fertilizing will be thank¬ 
fully received. I have also composted 
the following materials for potatoes: 
Dissolved bone, 700 pounds; dissolved 
South Carolina bone, 500 pounds; sul¬ 
phate potash (high grade) 350 pounds; 
nitrate of soda, 350 pounds ; plaster, 200 
pounds—total 2,000 pounds. I shall sow 
500 pounds broadcast, and 500 in the 
drill. 
A^8.—Both mixtures are faulty in the 
fact that they contain too little nitrogen. 
We think the name “ South Carolina 
bone” has deceived you. There is no 
bone about this at all—it is simply dis¬ 
solved rock phosphate, a cheap source of 
phosphoric acid, but with no nitrogen at 
all as pure bone has. This mixing of 
names is confusing, as in buying “South 
Carolina bone” one is apt to remember 
only that real bone has more or less 
nitrogen. Your corn mixture will con¬ 
tain about 7>i per cent phosphoric acid, 
five per cent potash and a little over one 
per cent of nitrogen. A good corn ma¬ 
nure should contain at least nine per 
cent phosphoric acid, six of potash and 
four of nitrogen. We do not think this 
mixture will be satisfactory unless you 
add nitrogen enough to give four per 
cent. Your mistake is in using kainit, 
which is so bulky that it is hard to get a 
high percentage of both nitrogen and 
potash in the ton. If you used muriate 
you could easily arrange it. Your pot¬ 
ash mixture would give 2J^ per cent 
nitrogen, 8M phosphoric acid and S}4 
potash. Use 150 pounds more nitrate in 
the place of the plaster and you will 
have a far better mixture. Never add 
plaster or lime to a soluble form of phos¬ 
phoric acid. 
What to Do With Hen Manure. 
F. C. S , Elizabeth, N. J. —I have enough 
hen manure to fertilize my garden at the 
rate of 300 bushels (allowing for the coal 
ashes in it) of pure droppiugs per acre. 
I intend to rake it in in the spring after 
digging. Will it require anything else ? 
I want that ground so that it will grow 
cabbage anywhere. It received a good 
coat of barnyard manure last spring. 
My hens are fed principally wheat and 
corn, the manure with a dust of coal 
ashes taken up once a week and put in 
covered barrels. What should be mixed 
with it to make a good potato fertilizer? 
If a good fertilizer cannot be made of it, 
say so, for I want to do my best on some 
Carman No. 1. What are the compara¬ 
tive analyses of hen manure to guano ? 
Ans. —If you had said, “we have 10 
pounds of good coffee ; how much should 
we use so that five persons may have 
each a good cup ?” you would have given 
us just as easy a question as is the above. 
Coffee varies no more in strength than 
does hen manure. What we say here is 
based on an average analysis. No farm 
fertilizer is so deceptive as poultry drop¬ 
pings. Farmers usually grade it too 
high, because guano, which is the manure 
from sea birds, is a very strong feitil- 
izer. Average hen manure and guano 
compare about as follows : 
POUNDS IN 100. 
Nitrogen. Pboi add. PotaBh. 
Guano.. 12 12 2i4 
Hen manure. 1^ IHi H 
The sea birds feed largely on fish and in 
the mass are found many bones and offal 
mixed with the manure. When hens are 
fed on the same food given cows or 
horses their manure is no stronger ex¬ 
cept that it has less water and is there¬ 
fore more concentrated. The best way 
to save hen manure ordinarily is to keep 
it well sprinkled with plaster or kainit 
under the roosts. Remove often and 
keep in a dry place. In the spring it will 
usually be in hard, dry “chunks.” These 
should be crushed or broken as fine as 
possible before applying to the soil. In 
our own practice, we use hen manure on 
corn or vegetables, never on potatoes. 
Mr. A. Johnson makes a very successful 
fertilizer by mixing 400 pounds of dried 
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and sifted hen manure, 200 pounds of 
dissolved bone black, 100 pounds muriate 
of potash and 150 pounds of plaster 
This be uses on potatoes and gets a good 
crop from it. His soil is very rich natui- 
ally. On ordinary soils one should add 
200 pounds of nitrate of soda to this mix¬ 
ture. In your case we would not try to 
make a fertilizer with the hen manure, 
but crush and sift it and use for corn cr 
broadcast over the garden working it in 
with the rake. Then use a good potato 
fertilizer. Make the drills wide. Plant 
the seed and cover with earth. Then 
spread the fertilizer over in a space two 
feet wide and partly fill the drill leveling 
all at after hoeings. 
Crimson Clover for Connecticut. 
A. L. A., Silver Mine, Conn. —1. Can 
The R. N.-Y. inform me if it be possible 
here in Fail field County, Conn , to sow 
the seed of Crimson clover in the spring 
and cut a good crop of hay the same 
{Continued on next page.) 
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