This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...hops and "grains" from breweries, which should be used in the same manner and quantities as stable manure; while fish guano, whalebone shavings, or shavings from horn, when pulverized so as to be in proper condition to be taken up by the plants, are nearly equal in value to ground bone. Wood ashes alone, spread on at ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...hops and "grains" from breweries, which should be used in the same manner and quantities as stable manure; while fish guano, whalebone shavings, or shavings from horn, when pulverized so as to be in proper condition to be taken up by the plants, are nearly equal in value to ground bone. Wood ashes alone, spread on at the rate of five or six tons per acre, will usually give excellent results. It is well ever to keep the fact in mind, that it will always be more profitable to fertilize one acre of Onions well than two imperfectly. If thirty tons of stable manure or one and one-half tons of concentrated fertilizer are used to an acre, the net profits are almost certain to be larger than if that quantity had been spread over two acres; for in all probability nearly as much weight of crop would be got from the one well-manured acre as from the two that had been done imperfectly, besides the saving of seed and labor in cultivating two acres instead of one. Preparing The Ground. In preparing the ground for the reception of the seed, (if it has not been plowed the fall previous, ) plowing should be begun as soon as the land is dry enough to work, first having spread over the land well-rotted stable manure, at the rate of thirty tons to the acre. This should be lightly turned under, plowing not more than five or six inches deep, and covering the manure so that it will be three or four inches under the surface. For this reason, the manure must be well rotted, otherwise it cannot be well covered by the plow. If concentrated fertilizers are fco be used, it is best to plow the land up roughly, sow the fertilizer at the rate of one to two tons per acre, according to its fertilizing properties, and then harrow thoroughly, so that it is regularly incorporated with...
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