. Late cabbage, from seed until harvest, also seed raising . ll hand-fuls of nitrate through a grain tube taken from a grain tube is carried in one hand and held in front of youas you walk along. This method is far better than tryingto sow it broadcast, as you will see none of the nitratefalls upon the large leaves of the plant. By holding thetube perhaps one foot from the ground, the nitrate willspread over a good share of the space between the rows. METHOD OF TESTING FIELD TO FIND WHAT FERTILIZERIS NEEDED Every man should make a few test spots on his farm tofind out what kind of f
. Late cabbage, from seed until harvest, also seed raising . ll hand-fuls of nitrate through a grain tube taken from a grain tube is carried in one hand and held in front of youas you walk along. This method is far better than tryingto sow it broadcast, as you will see none of the nitratefalls upon the large leaves of the plant. By holding thetube perhaps one foot from the ground, the nitrate willspread over a good share of the space between the rows. METHOD OF TESTING FIELD TO FIND WHAT FERTILIZERIS NEEDED Every man should make a few test spots on his farm tofind out what kind of fertihzer and what amounts are mostprofitable to use. By the following method one can makea fair test of what his farm needs; it is better to take severalyears average than to base it all upon one. Somewhere in your cabbage field where the ground isas near average as possible, stake off 12 plots 25 feet square,number these 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, No. 1 apply Nothing 2 20^ worth of Nitrogen 3 20^ worth of Phosphoric acid 4 20(t, worth of Potash FERTILIZATION 37. 38 LATE CABBAGE ^ c ^ .2 ft ^ -=2 g FERTILIZATION 39 5 20i^ worth of Manure 6 Nothing 7 10^ worth of Nitrogen 7 10^ worth of Phosphoric acid 8 10^ worth of Nitrogen 8 10^ worth of Potash 9 10^ worth of Phosphoric acid 9 lOf^ worth of Potash 10 6§^ worth of Nitrogen, Phosphoric acid, and Potash 11 20f!^ worth of Lime 12 Nothing These separate plots should have their fertihzer sownon by hand and worked in, then treat them just the sameas the rest of your field until harvest. At harvest cuteach plot and weigh the heads, the three where you apphednothing will give you an average of what your ground willproduce without fertilizer. By subtracting this averagefrom each of the treated plots, you will have the gaincaused by the treatment. From these results you canfigure out an acre; 25 feet square or 625 square feet isapproximately yV of ^.n acre. The cutting and weighing of a fertihzer test like this isoften of interest to neighbo
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