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A Fertilizer Mixture. 
What would my fertilizer mixture 
grow best? Would it be advisable to 
use this mixture on corn and if so tvhat 
amount, and would it be best to sow 
broadcast or in drill? I can buy these 
chemicals as follows: 600 pounds nitrate 
of soda, $10.68; 600 pounds dried blood, 
$15.4S; 1,800 pounds bone, $25.29, and 
900 pounds muriate of potash, $20.34. 
These prices are on time, or 5 per cent off 
for cash. I could get 1,S00 of acid phos¬ 
phate for $16. Would it make a better 
mixture to leave out the 1,800 pounds of 
bone and put in 1,800 pounds of acid 
phosphate instead? Could you give a 
better mixture for corn and cabbage? 
Bonney, N. Y. F. P. B. 
At average analyses you will have the 
following composition: 
Nitrogen Phos. Acid Potash 
600 Nitrate ..96 ... ... 
600 Blood .. 72 ... ... 
1,800 Bone .. 54 450 
900 Muriate .... ... 450 
3,900 222 450 450 
This means a mixture containing 5.7 
per cent, nitrogen, 11.8 phosphoric acid 
and 11.8 potash. The cost is $77.79 or 
$39.80 per ton. Such a fertilizer is best 
for such crops as potatoes, grass or gar¬ 
den crops, or field crops like cabbage. 
For our own use we would rather use 
1,000 pounds of acid phosphate and 900 
pounds of bone. This will make an even 
two tons a little lower in nitrogen and 
correspondingly lower in phosphoric acid. 
Seeding a New York Pasture. 
I wish to seed down to permanent pas¬ 
ture some damp land, some dry, and some 1 
intermediate. Orchard grass never fails 
here or has to be reseeded. How would 
one part Orchard grass, one part Meadow 
fescue, one part Tall Meadow oat-grass 
be for permanent pasture and how much 
each do I want per acre to have it seeded 
well? Can I cut it a few years for seed 
to seed other pieces? o. s. b. 
Alpine, N. Y. 
The mixture of seed one part Orchard 
grass, one part Meadow fescue, and one 
part Tall Meadow oat-grass, that you 
suggested will take several years before 
the field comes to maturity, and the cost 
of seed is greater than that of other good 
pasture seeds. The amount of lime pres¬ 
ent, the soil conditions themselves, and 
the amount of moisture vary in different 
parts of a field; thus a mixture of a 
greater number of seeds is more apt 
to give a good permanent stand than a 
mixture of two or three alone. Under the 
conditions you mentioned, with the soil 
and moisture varying in different parts 
of the field, the following mixture is 
perhaps the most successful: Timothy, 
seven pounds per acre; Red clover, four 
pounds, or Alsike clover, three pounds 
per acre; Kentucky Blue, seven pounds 
per acre; White clover, two pounds; Or¬ 
chard grass, six pounds; Meadow fes¬ 
cue, four pounds; Tall Meadow oat-grass, 
four pounds per acre. The Timothy and 
Red and Alsike clovers are introduced so 
as to make a quick stand, so that a hay 
crop can be obtained while the meadow 
is becoming prepared for permanent pas¬ 
ture. In the damper or acid soils a great¬ 
er proportion of Alsike clover could be 
used to advantage than shown in the 
above table. The Kentucky Blue grass 
makes a compact sod which stands a 
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ing without injury. In New York State 
this and White clover form the basis of 
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Blue will take three years to come into 
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grass seed should not exceed 15% of the 
total used, as it grows in tussocks or 
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same year. It would not seem advisable 
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