MANURING EXPERIMENTS WITH PADDY RICE (SECOND YEAR). 
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received any special phosphatic fertilizer, far less available 
phosphoric acid than is needed to secure the full action of the 
available nitrogen. Judging from our experiments, the propor¬ 
tion of i part of available nitrogen to 2 parts of available phos¬ 
phoric acid which is recommended by P. Wagner 21 for cereals, 
is in general also the best suited for paddy rice. With this 
proportion it is intended not only to cover just the needs of the 
crop, but at the same time to enrich gradually the soil with 
phosphatic compounds. 
24 Important practical questions on the subject of manures, 1885, p. 
36-67; see bulletin No. 3, p. 23. 
