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the same amount of nitrogen up to June. 
Of potash, I reduce the quantity after 
November, feeding only just what I 
think the trees need. 
By this plan of feeding each month 
I believe I get better results with less fer¬ 
tilizer than under the former way of fer¬ 
tilizing three times a year, for I feel that 
with my sandy land and the slope re¬ 
ferred to, that much of the food was 
washed or leached beyond the reach of 
the trees. 
This plan also enables me to supply 
quickly more of the elements which I 
think the trees need if they show up 
badly. 
As I use a fertilizer distributer, I can 
cover my eight acres in a day, and one 
day each month is not much of a hard¬ 
ship as compared with the old way of 
throwing it around the trees by hand. 
This distributer has a gauge regulating 
the feed from ioo pounds per acre up 
to 4,000 pounds. It is not as perfect as 
I would like to have it, feeding more 
regularly when just loaded than when 
nearly empty, and it also gives some 
trouble when the fertilizer is damp, as 
it sometimes is, during continued wet 
weather, but some one will improve on 
these defects and give us a better ma¬ 
chine. 
