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suitable amounts.

The following mixtures for tobacco, taken from Bulletin No 122 of the North Carolina Experiment Station are said to make good formulas for home-mixing:

(1) A strong mixture using cottonseed meal:
[2 columned table]

Acid phosphate	1,100 lbs.
Sulphate of potash	200 lbs.
Cottonseed meal	600 lbs.
Nitrate of soda	100 lbs.
	2,000 lbs.

(2) A cheap but good compost:
[2 columned table]

Acid phosphate	750 lbs
Sulphate of potash	150 lbs
Nitrate of soda	100 lbs
Stable manure	1,000 lbs
	2,000 lbs.

[2 columned table]

(3) Fine horse or cow manure, rich mould or similar material	900 lbs
Acid phosphate or dissolved bone	600 lbs
High grade sulphate potash	150 lbs
Fish scrap, cottonseed meal or tankage	350
	2,000 lbs.