The two that I like the most are cottonseed meal and alfalfa pellets for two reasons. One they are very easy to handle and mix into the beds and two they are very high in fertilizer value. After that would be homemade compost, cow and chicken manure, and mushroom compost. One of the best things I ever used was a wagon load of ground peanut hulls. I had the most productive garden the year after I spread that stuff 6 inches deep over my whole garden and tilled it in. Alas I haven't been able to get anymore peanut hulls in 30 years but I still remember those 6 and 7 inch onions and those broccoli heads where some were 12 inches across. No matter what I have done since then I have never come close to matching the production I got the year after using the ground peanut hulls.
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