Truck farming . RUCK FARMING. condition till about Christmas, but hardly later. The latecrop, grown for table use from seed kept over, will keepvery well, if the proper conditions are observed. Theseconditions are absolute darkness and a low temperature. CHEMICAL FERTILIZER. The following analysis is suggested:* Ammonia 6 per cent. Available phosphoric acid 7 per cent. Potash 8 per cent. A mixture of the same analysis may be made from the following materials:* Nitrate of soda 300 fts. Cottonseed meal 600 lbs. Dissolved bone black 800 lbs. Muriate of potash 300 lbs. 2,000 : Dried blood 50
Truck farming . RUCK FARMING. condition till about Christmas, but hardly later. The latecrop, grown for table use from seed kept over, will keepvery well, if the proper conditions are observed. Theseconditions are absolute darkness and a low temperature. CHEMICAL FERTILIZER. The following analysis is suggested:* Ammonia 6 per cent. Available phosphoric acid 7 per cent. Potash 8 per cent. A mixture of the same analysis may be made from the following materials:* Nitrate of soda 300 fts. Cottonseed meal 600 lbs. Dissolved bone black 800 lbs. Muriate of potash 300 lbs. 2,000 : Dried blood 500 lbs. Bone meal I,i75 fbs. Sulphate of potash 325 lbs, 2,000 tbs. Fine bone meal may be substituted for acid phosphate TREATMENT FOR DISEASE. Rot: Spray with Bordeaux mixture early in July, andrepeat at intervals of ten days to two weeks until vinesmature. Scab: Soak seed potatoes from ten to thirty minutes ina 2 per cent, solution of corrosive sublimate. Sulphur mayalso be sown with the seet. TRUCK FARMING. 6l. Irish Potatoes, no fertilizer.—ExiEriment Farm,Southern Pines, North Carolina.
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