If a •‘complete” fertilizer was thus ap
plied. an unavoidable loss of nitrogen
would lie the logical sequence. If, on the
contrary, tli« applicati< n i* jtostponed till |
s|>r ng, the most favorable time for tho
application of potash nnd phosphate is
lost' it Hie season be very dry they remain
In the ground undissolved and tesuits from
them th rt year are nil. Even in applying
easily soluble nitrogenous fertilizers, as
n.tra’e of s< <l.l, at planting time, unless
anoiiur appiic ition Is made, still later on.
the corn 1* over-st mulat- d, it grow* lux
u; lantly, th.- foliage is of an Intense deep
green color, it has a tendency to "over
shoot” itself, and all the force of the
n.irate having exhausted itself in making
stalk and then b< Ing "used up" just at the
| critical juncture when most n< eded (earing
i time), i ally li--* corn will be made than on
| land imii.t ii-itely adjoining that received
no f rt'iiz.r at all. A* we hive ♦x. ee-bd
tin tn ■ inti tul 'd, we must <T> 7<-r turtm-r
ecus ide tat ion of ibis’ sulj.-ct until some
future time, and briefly consider the third
query.
