FOOD FOR PLANTS 



Nitrate is a powerful plant tonic, food and ener- 

 gizer. It is not a stimulant in any sense of the word; a 

 very small quantity does a very large amount of work. 



We never recommend the use of Nitrate of Soda 

 alone, except at the rate of not more than one hundred 

 (100) pounds to the acre, when it may be used without 

 other fertilizers. The phosphate fertilizers may gener- 

 ally be applied in connection with Nitrate of Soda 

 at the rate of about two hundred (200) pounds to the 

 acre. This rate will be found generally profitable 

 for all crops. Nitrate is best applied as a Top-dressing 

 in the spring soon after vegetation begins to grow. It 

 will be found quite satisfactory also in its after-effect 

 in perceptibly sweetening sour land. 



It is well known that animals, and especially the 

 young ones, must have all the food they 

 can digest in order to properly develop fQ^pi a ^ S 

 and grow. This is equally true of 

 plants. Plants will manage to live on very little food, 

 but to grow, thrive and bear fruit they also require 

 an abundance of food. 



The Food of Plants consists of a number of ele- 

 ments, including Nitrate, phosphate, lime and potash. 

 Nearly always two of these are lacking in adequate 

 quantities to produce crops, especially is Nitrate want- 

 ing in the vast majority of instances. 



In this case the normal growth and ._ K^ 



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yield oi the crop will be limited only by 



the quantity of Nitrate it can properly assimilate. 

 There might be an abundant supply of all the other 

 elements, but plants can never use other kinds of food 

 without Nitrate. 



Nitrate Nitrogen is the food that 



isjnearly always deficient. The ques- Nearly 6 Always 

 tion that presents itself to the farmer, Deficient, 

 gardener and fruit grower is, How can 



