| Show PLAN TO FERTILIZE TUBERS use of barnyard manure and acid phosphate Phoi phate recommended as ideal by ohio St station atlon selection of a good clover cloer sod where potatoes have hac not grown for at I 1 least east five years arid the use of barn barnyard yard manure with neld phosphate tire are given by the ohio experiment station its as ideal for fertilizing tug potatoes after 23 years investigations with this rop the experiment station advised ad farmers to plow under 12 11 to 10 tony ton of manuro tiia nuro per nere if plenty ts Is available and then to apply about an abo pounds of nold phosphate alio plate per acre na a i surface dressing if manure Is badi cr four or 10 lo five tous tons per acre acie may bo be used and then loo pounds pound of acid phosphate along with pounds of nitrate of soda will yield lold about the sunie results res tilts these experiments have shown shoun that fertilizer should he be spread over fill all tho land and riot not confined to tho thu potato rows for in oils way tile potato roots out more chiare idaly widely and succeeding crops make bolter better use ua of aliat liat the potatoes leave |
