proven that this plant food is a potent factor in increas- 

 ing the yields and improving the quality. 



Turnips and Swedes. 



Nitrate is applied for this crop quite in the same 

 manner as for mangolds. Dr. Macadam reported to the 

 Arbroath Farmers' Club a gain of 37 per cent, in yield 

 from the use of 336 pounds of Nitrate of Soda per acre. 



An experiment conducted by Dr. Munroe, of Down- 

 town Agricultural College, Salisbury, 

 gave a return of nearly twenty and one- ncre 

 half tons per acre, from an application of 600 pounds of 

 Nitrate per acre, supplemented by phosphoric acid and 

 potash. The Nitrate was used in three applications. 

 An application of 300 pounds of Nitrate resulted in a 

 yield of thirteen and one-third tons per acre. 



FERTILIZERS FOR FRUITS. 



Bulletin 66, Hatch Massachusetts Experiment Station. 



Lack of Nitrogen in the soil is detrimental to the 

 size and quality of the fruit. The cheapest and most 

 available ammoniate is Nitrate of Soda. A few cents' 

 worth applied to each tree will give the largest possible 

 yield of choicest fruit, returning many times its cost. 



Fertilizers for the apple : The results show the most 

 improvement where Nitrate of Soda was applied. For 

 apple trees in grass the following fertilizer is recom- 

 mended: Nitrate of Soda 1 to 5 pounds, sulphate 

 of potash 1 to 5 pounds, S. C. phos- 

 phate rock, 4 to 10 pounds; the quan- Nitrate of Soda 

 tity used to be varied according to the on Apples, 

 size of the tree. 



Fertilizers for the peach: The fertilizer recom- 

 mended, depending upon the size of the 



u -ii *u Peaches, 



trees, is substantially the same as lor 



apples, except that the phosphate rock is reduced one-half 

 for the earlier stages of growth, remaining the same as for 



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