Show balanced fertilizer to make a balanced fertilizer manure should be reinforced with phosphates experiments show that 25 to 30 pounds of 20 per cent phosphate added to each ton of manure will balance the plant food supply others use the lower analysis rock phosphate applying 80 to pounds to a ton of manure the manure and phosphate may be spread together at one operation the phosphate may also be applied to the manure in the barn at the rate of one pound per day for each head of mature live stock says A W klemme missouri college of agriculture |