It is applied sometimes on tbe growing
crop in spring; but usually on ine nem aou
worked into tbe soil previous to seeding. A
mnrh lanrer auantitv may be used when
worked into the soil than when applied di
rcctly to the crop; 300 or 400 pounds per
acre may be sown broadcast oa tbe crop,
though one barrel of 280 pounds is about
the usual Quantity used, and three or four
times that quantity rr ay be worked into the
soil with safety. Lsed tn tnis way u is
beneficeal in destroying insects and worms
in tbe aod, as well as to promote tbe growth
and early maturity of the crop. It is not
claimed that salt 'is a direct fertilizer, for
sodium is not found to be an element of
plant food to any great extent in the cereal
crops, bat a mechanical effect is somehow
produced which is beneficial to vegetation
to a limited extent. List season one of
my neighbors used over tour tons of salt on
thirty acres of wheat land, worked into the
soil before seeding, for wnich be thinks the
crop was much improved; the yield was
ovr thirty bushels per acre of a superior
o-iahtv of wheat. The straw of grain when
treated with salt is usually brighter and
cleaner f rust or fungi than elsewhere.
which would seem to show a more healthy
condition of the plant.
Babbed WiKiFxscEa. Experience bas
demonstrated the practical value of the
following suggestions of constructing bar.
