Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . 10 loads of manure peracre should be applied and supplemented with 200 pounds acid phos-phate; to the oats following the corn, no fertilizer except when the soil ispoor, in which case 150 to 200 pounds per acre of acid phosphate may beused; to the wheat, 350 pounds per acre of acid phosphate, 100 pounds 82 SUCCESSFUL FARMING muriate of potash and 50 pounds of nitrate of soda should be applied;the clover following the wheat calls for no fertilizer, but the timothyduring the second y
Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . 10 loads of manure peracre should be applied and supplemented with 200 pounds acid phos-phate; to the oats following the corn, no fertilizer except when the soil ispoor, in which case 150 to 200 pounds per acre of acid phosphate may beused; to the wheat, 350 pounds per acre of acid phosphate, 100 pounds 82 SUCCESSFUL FARMING muriate of potash and 50 pounds of nitrate of soda should be applied;the clover following the wheat calls for no fertilizer, but the timothyduring the second year the land is in grass may be profitably treated witha complete fertilizer consisting of 150 pounds of acid phosphate, 150pounds nitrate of soda and 50 pounds muriate of potash, applied broad-cast early in the spring just as the grass starts to grow. Such a schemeof treatment makes a place for all the manure on the average farm andprovides for the application of the fertilizer where it will be most fullyused and give the largest returns. A similar scheme of treatment will be found to fit various localities. Effect of Top Dressing Meadows with Commercial Fertilizer. On left, average yield, 2060 pounds cured hay per right, average yield, 3637 pounds cured hay per acre. Grass on right, top dressed early each spring with 350 pounds per acre of 7-7-7fertilizer. Average of four consecutive years. in all states. The details will be determined by local conditions, andfrequently they have already been worked out for various localities eitherby the experiment station of the state or by farmers. It is, therefore,important that every farmer become informed on the best practice forhis locality. How to Determine Needs of Soil.—The fertilizer needs of a soil arebest determined by applying to the soil and for the crops grown differentkinds and combinations of fertilizers. This puts the question directlyto the soil, and the crops give the answer by their growth and so
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