Show TIPS to gardeners fertilizer usage G cant go on prodie ing excellent flowers and vegetables year after year without an application of fertilizer now and then because stable manure is ii difficult to obtain a complete commercial fertilizer recommended by your dealer will prove most satisfactory before applying fertilizer ti however give consideration to a few simple practical hints first be cauti oust never apply fertilizer recklessly or over aban dantly dont be like the man who saw a neighbor get gei good r re e suits from a sparing use of fertilizer re he proceeded to apply 10 times as much but expecting lo 10 times as good results but his garden proved worthless broadcast the complete fertilizer over the soil 10 days before planting using about three pounds per square rod three or four weeks after planting if the garden seems a bit backward apply a side dressing sprinkle fertilizer lightly alongside the rows about six inches from the plants then cultivate apply only from one to two pounds per square rod of garden |