572 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 DeEc.,.1899. 
Mix as follows :— 
Superphosphate 6 
Meatworks manure 6 
Nipho i Set G 
Sulphate of potash 2 
20 
This will contain—5} per cent. of nitrogen, 5 per cent. of potash, 9% per 
cent. of phosphoric acid, of which 5 per cent. is water soluble, and be worth 
£5 16s. per ton. 
The first application to the young plants when planting should be at the 
rate of 4 lb. per plant, and subsequent manurings should not be less than 
10 cwt. per acre. 
Tf wished, 2 ewt. of the nipho can be replaced by 2 ewt. of sulphate of 
ammonia. ‘This will increase the percentage of nitrogen by °8 per cent., and the 
cost by 9s. per ton. 
FOR PINES. | 
For pines no manure is equal to good farm manure, or well prepared 
compost. If the farm manure used contains a considerable proportion of 
sawdust, as is often the case when it is obtained from town livery or ’bus 
stables, it should be allowed to become thoroughly fermented before it is applied, 
as this will tend to remove any deleterious pro erties of the sawdust. Where a 
commercial fertiliser is required, the plant foo contained therein should be in 
a readily available form; and this has been especially noticeable at Redland Bay 
Experiment Orchard, where the application 0 superphosphate and sulphate of 
ammonia—particularly the latter—has produced very rapid and marked results, 
Where the land is impoverished it is advisable to apply the manure previous to 
setting out the plants, which will then make a good start, but in rich land 
this is not necessary. The best way to apply the manure in this case is to take 
out a trench with the plough where the line of plants is to be planted; spread 
the manure in this trench and thoroughly mix it with the soil by running a 
Planet Jr. cultivator with only two narrow teeth up and down the trench, the 
plants being then set andthe earth drawn round them. If commercial fertilisers 
are applied without being thoroughly mixed with the soil in this or similar 
manner, they are apt to burn the young plants should dry weather follow the 
lanting. In any case, unless well mixed there will be more likelihood of loss, 
and the plants are not so well ¢ ble to obtain it as it is in one spot instead of 
being evenly distributed. 
Tn applying commercial fertilisers to older plants, especially when same are 
own into a thick mass, I strongly advise their being composted as previously 
eveciped instead of being applied direct, as this will supply both plant food 
and humus as well as cover for the surface roots, which is apt to be washed off 
by heavy rains. y 
The fertiliser should be made as follows :— 
Cwt 
Superphosphate if eee 9 
Meatworks manure... Aes a rm 5 
Sulphate of ammonia ... nis stn at 4 
Sulphate of potash ... ID “hs We, 2 
20 
This will contain 53 per cent. of nitrogen, 5 per cent. of potash, 11 per 
cent. of phosphoric acid, of which 73 per cent. is water soluble, and is worth £6 
12s. per ton. 
Proportionate amounts of dried blood or nipho can be used in the place 
of the sulphate of ammonia, the proportion of superphosphate being reduced 
accordingly. ‘This will reduce the price of the manure, but at the same time 
reduce the proportion of soluble phosphoric acid. For pines in full bearing at 
