Instead of superphosphate, the following may be advantageously employed: phosphatic guano, or mixtures of basic slag and superphosphate, or bone meal and superphosphate; or basic slag may be applied alone on land deficient in lime.
The Phosphatic class, such as superphosphate, basic slag, and steamed bone flour.
Both these fertilisers should be dug into the soil some time before the crop is planted or seed sown--superphosphate at the rate of two to three pounds per square rod; basic slag in larger amount, five to six pounds per square rod.
Basic slag= is a better material for ground deficient in lime, or where 'club-root' is prevalent.
Let the amateur avoid all artificial manures at first save a dusting of basic slag (see Chap.
A good sprinkling of bone meal spread over the top soil before planting (with a dusting of basic slag, three to four ounces per square yard) will be all that is necessary at this time.
A dressing of Basic Slag in the autumn is recommended.
The same applies to basic slag, which contains a considerable quantity of free lime in its composition.
The principal use of basic slag is on grass-land, especially where the soil is heavy or clayey.
With it is also a good deal of lime, and the presence of this undoubtedly, in many cases, accounts partly for the benefits that follow the use of basic slag.
Basic slag is of various grades, containing 12 to 20% of phosphoric acid, which is believed to exist in the form of a tetracalcic phosphate.
The chemist's test which is fair for acid phosphate is admittedly not fair when used for basic slag.
The danger is wholly imaginary if no form of lime, wood-ashes, or basic slag is used in the home-mixtures.
Acid phosphate, basic slag, and bone are chief in this group.
The amount of effective lime in basic slag, as made by modern methods, is so small that its value is nearly negligible.
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