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Ground bone, which contains some 
nitrogen, also is valuable for the phos¬ 
phoric acid which it contains, and is fre¬ 
quently used as a fertilizer by itself, 
though it is, of course, an incomplete one. 
Muriate and sulphate of potash, at pres¬ 
ent market prices, are the cheapest source 
of potash; the former is considerably 
cheaper than the latter, but is not so good 
for use on grounds which are naturally 
heavy and sour. Potash, also, is frequent¬ 
ly used by itself, and is valuable if applied 
with manure or as a top dressing to crops 
which do not seem to be maturing as well 
or promptly as they should, or where an 
analysis shows the soil to be deficient in 
potash, as compared with the other ele¬ 
ments—phosphoric acid and nitrogen. 
Where one can get no manure, the best 
way to use these several plant-foods is to 
mix a complete fertilizer which will 
analyze 4% nitrogen, 8% phosphoric 
acid and 10% potash to the ton; to do this 
you would want to use, of the material 
mentioned above, 250 pounds of nitrate of 
soda, 500 pounds of high-grade tankage, 
700 pounds of acid phosphate, 400 pounds 
of muriate of potash and 150 pounds of 
"filler" — sand or earth — which need not 
actually be mixed in. Both nitrate of 
soda and tankage are used as the source of 
nitrogen, because that in the latter be¬ 
comes available more slowly and will last 
through the season. To mix the several 
ingredients together all you need is a tight 
floor or platform, or a large box, and a 
s square-pointed shovel or a hoe. Mix 
thoroughly; that is all there is to it. If 
the fertilizer is to be used in a drill or row, 
run it through a sieve or screen to remove 
any small lumps. The amount of nitrate 
of soda may be cut down if you expect to 
use it in the growing season as a top dress¬ 
ing, as suggested above. If your garden is 
so small as to require only a small amount 
of fertilizer it may be more convenient 
for you to buy it in the form of one of the 
ready-nixed brands of fertilizers; but, if 
you do, don’t be led into buying by the 
cost per ton. If you stop to think a 
minute you will see that a 4-8-10 fertilizer 
at $40 a ton is much cheaper than a 2-4-5 
at $32 a ton. 
Four hundred to fifteen hundred 
pounds, according to the condition of the 
soil and to whether manure is used or not, 
should be applied to your garden after 
plowing or spading before it is harrowed 
or raked off, ready for planting. An acre 
is, roughly, 200 feet square), so you can 
easily figure out what proportion of an 
acre your garden, approximately, is. In 
applying manure, you should spread it on 
the ground as evenly as possible before 
plowing or spading, and see that it is thor¬ 
oughly turned under the soil. 
As to the fourth and final factor in get¬ 
ting results from your garden, soil 
moisture, you will realize its importance 
when you stop to think over again that, 
no matter hew full of plant-food you may 
fill the soil, there must be water present 
to dissolve it and make it accessible. 
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