quality on the other plots was not materially different. Food for 



As a result of the investigation, Dr. Dyer recommends ans 



Nitrate of Soda strongly for hop growing, but suggests J 43 

 early applications. 



Market Gardening with Nitrate. 



The following is the result of a 

 practical study of conditions on a large Results in an 

 truck farm, near New York. In every Unfavorable 



case the operations of the farm were Growing Sea- 

 . j . . .| , , son with Low 



carried out on a strictly business basis. Prices for 



The soil was a heavy clay with a rather Products, 

 intractable clay subsoil, decidedly not 

 a soil naturally suited to growing garden crops. The 

 weather was unfavorable, including the most severe 

 drought in thirty years; from March 22d to July 8th 

 practically no rain fell. Owing to the unfavorable 

 season, the grade of garden products was low, causing 

 a low ruling in prices. Details by crops follow : 



Asparagus. 



The bed was twenty years old, and had been neg- 

 lected. As soon as workable, it was disc-harrowed, and 

 later smooth-harrowed with an Acme harrow. Nitrate 

 of Soda was applied to the best test plots April 10th, 

 200 pounds per acre, sown directly over the rows and 

 well worked into the soil. A second application of 100 

 pounds per acre was made to plot 1 April 24th; and, on 

 the 29th, a third application of equal amount. 



The experiment comprised three plots, two fertilized 

 with Nitrate of Soda, and one without Nitrate, plot 3. 

 Plots 1 and 2 ,treated with the Nitrate, produced market- 

 able stalks ten days in advance of plot 3, a very material 

 advantage in obtaining the high prices of an early 

 market. The results were as follows, in bunches per 

 acre: 



Plot and Fertilizer. Bunches per acre. Gain. 



3 No Nitrate 560 



2 200 Ibs. Nitrate 680 120 



1 400 Ibs. Nitrate.. 840 280 



