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Show GARDEN PREPARING THE CORN FIELD Manure, Supplemented With Some Form of Fertilizer to Furnish Phosphoric Acid, Is Best. (By W. M. KELLET.) On the majority of stock and dairy farms the corn field is the Ideal place to apply the farm manure. A corn crop Is able to make profitable use of manure for the reason that It makes Its principal growth late In the season after the fertilizing elements In the manure have been available to nourish nour-ish the growing plants, by the action of the elements. The Ideal corn field Is prepared by applying manure to a clover sod. A light dressing of stable manure on the clover sod will make an abund- Excellent Fertilizer Distributer. ance of nitrogen for the corn crop and at the .proper time during Its growth to Insure a maximum yield. The bacteria bac-teria In the manure will hasten the decomposition of the organic matter contained In the roots and stubble of the clover sod and hasten them Into a condition available to nourish the growing corn crop. All farmers know that excellent crops of mixed grass may be grown on a field that haa produced a good crop of corn by the application of manure alone the previous year but 1l my opinion better economical results re-sults may be obtained if the manure Is applied at the rate of from 6 to 10 loads to the acre and supplemented with some form of fertilizer supplying supply-ing an abundance of phosphoric acid and potash. The phosphoric acid may be purchased pur-chased In numerous forms, but in my opinion the potash had best come In the form of a high grade or a low grade sulphate. |