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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
ruary 1 
FERTILIZER QUESTIONS. 
Pea Vines; Fertilizers With Manure. 
M. M., Strathroy, Ont. —1. Can you tel) 
us the value of green pea straw from can¬ 
ning factory as compared with farmyard 
manure ns a fertilizer for field crops? 2 . | 
Do you consider it worth while to rise arti¬ 
ficial manure for potatoes on a farm where , 
most crops are fed to cattle and potatoes i 
follow hay (part clover)? 
Ans. —The following will probably be 
a fair comparison: 
Pounds in a Ton. 
Phosphoric 
Nitrogen Acid Potash 
Manure .10 5 13 
Pea vines .10 3 10 
1 . This will, of course, depend much 
upon the condition of the pea vines— 
whether fully rotted or not. 2. In such 
a case nothing but fair experiment with 
chemicals would settle it. As a rule on 
such farms there is greater need of pot¬ 
ash and phosphoric acid than of nitro¬ 
gen. Where potatoes are grown in 
such a rotation we should use acid phos¬ 
phate or bone and potash unless we 
knew they were not needed. 
Potash and Bone for Grass. 
IP. J. It-, Middleboro, Mass. —I covered j 
my grass land with hen manure in the late | 
Fall. How much muriate of potash and 
ground bone per acre should I add next i 
Spring? Hen manure alone makes a rank, 
soft growth, which lodges if much rain falls, I 
just before time to cut for hay. How 
much sulphate of potash and ground bone 
per tree, for apple trees, from two years 
to eight years old? They are kept dug 
around and mulched with stable manure 
every Fall. 
Ans. —We like to use two parts of 
bone by weight to one part muriate of 
potash. On an acre of that grass land 
we would use 150 pounds muriate and 
300 ground bone. For the two-year-old 
trees we would use two pounds of bone j 
and sulphate of potash per tree, increas¬ 
ing up to five pounds each for the larger 
ones. 
Nitrate of Soda for Early Vegetables. 
G. M. IF., Hubbardston, Mass. —Will an 
application of nitrate of soda increase early 
potatoes and peas and bring them on sooner 
when planted on barn manure in the drill? 
If so, how much lo the- acre, and should 
it be applied broadcast or in the drill? 
Ans. —No. It would not be economy 
to use nitrate of soda alone with ma¬ 
nure. The nitrate and the manure both 
furnish nitrogen. This element stimu¬ 
lates a quick growth, but plants must 
have an abundance of potash and phos¬ 
phoric acid also. Too much nitrogen 
will make big vine or stalk, and instead 
of hastening maturity will delay it. We 
should use a fertilizer containing say 
two per cent nitrogen, eight of phos¬ 
phoric acid and at least eight of potash. ! 
Some Fertilizer Problems. 
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G. E. A. (No Addrcss. )—I intend using 
250 pounds phosphate rock and 60 pounds 
muriate of potash per aero on corn ground 
next season. This is to be used in connec¬ 
tion with horse and cow manure, mostly 
horse manure, which I purchase at a livery 
stable for $1 per load. Loads weigh 3,000 
pounds. This manure has been kept under 
cover with straw for bedding. I purchased 
some horse manure at 50 cents per load, 
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have about one mile to haul on good road; 
can make four trips per day. I intend to use 
for potatoes 50 pounds nitrate of soda, 400 
pounds phosphate rock, 200 pounds muriate 
of potash per acre. What changes, if any, 
would you recommend in above fertilizers, 
economy of production the only object 
sought? Hand is rather poor and was un¬ 
der-drained last Fall. 
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The corn crop is specially in need of 
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swer, though we would use dried blood 
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