. Plant food; : its nature, composition and most profitable Peaches. — _>«;—-^y^--^^^- . r- Peaches.—Fertilized with Potash, Phosphoric Acid and Farm, Southern Pines, N. C. PLANT FOOD. 65 POTATOES (Sweet or White) For general purposes use per acre 750 to 1500 poundsof a fertilizer containing : Nitrogen 4 per cent. Available Phosphoric Acid .. 6 * Potash 9 Instead of the above the following materials may beused which will furnish equivalent quantities of nitrogen,phosphoric acid and potash respectively : Pounds materials per acre. r (t) 180 to 360 lbs.
. Plant food; : its nature, composition and most profitable Peaches. — _>«;—-^y^--^^^- . r- Peaches.—Fertilized with Potash, Phosphoric Acid and Farm, Southern Pines, N. C. PLANT FOOD. 65 POTATOES (Sweet or White) For general purposes use per acre 750 to 1500 poundsof a fertilizer containing : Nitrogen 4 per cent. Available Phosphoric Acid .. 6 * Potash 9 Instead of the above the following materials may beused which will furnish equivalent quantities of nitrogen,phosphoric acid and potash respectively : Pounds materials per acre. r (t) 180 to 360 lbs. nitrate of soda, or Nitrogen i (2) 150 to 300 sulph. of ammo., or ((3) 300 to 600 dried-blood. Available ^ (i) 325 to 650 lbs. acid phosphate, or Phosphoric Acid \ (2) 275 to 550 dissolved bone, or((3) 400 to 800 bone-meal. i (i) 130 to 260 lbs. muriate, or Potash -< (2) 130 to 260 sulphate, or ((3) 520 to 1040 kainit. Suggestions. The use of stable-manure appears to favorthe growth of potato-scab. When used, stable-manureshould be applied to a preceding crop. Wood-ashes are a
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