| Show NEWS nt WS 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 THINGS pertaining G TO THE FARM AND HOME potash should bea be a heavy ingredient in fertilizers fo for strawberries s how a Far former vicar can E establish sta blish credit A cure cairo bior for how cholera fertilizers for strawberries errica A F strawberry t w b e r ry crop removes certain w materials abc atc r aaa as f from r 0 m the soil which must be replaced if i we wish to keep it in good condition according to chemical analysis analysts given in the massachusetts ploughman the fruit and strawberry plant both contain a large percentage of potash and it Is evident and experience has proved such to bs be a fact that p potash ot should be a heavy I 1 ingredient n gre allent in all fertilizing compounds tor for the strawberry crop A good formula that has given excellent results Is to DOO pounds of potash goo COO to pounds dissolved bono bone to pounds nitrate of 0 soda half of this is applied broadcast before the crop Is planted halt half tho the remander in the fall and the balance early irk in tile the spring the str awbery growers of oswego county new york where berries are grown on a inage scale for market use from SOO to 1200 pounds of commercial fertilizer of 0 good quality containing about 10 por per cent nitrogen and S per cent phosphoric acid the best time to apply such fertilizers f la Is in the tall fall as top toll dressing some care should be taken that the caustic properties of the fertilizer to do not injure the plant it Is good practices also to sprinkle a few handfuls of kainin in rows at plant i lug ing as this product destroys grubs aud and acts as a 1 I preventive of alig blight lit |
