by our farmers for fertilizers and their transportation od for 



should be expended on material worthy of transporta- ans 



tion, for it would immediately create different condi- 22 9 

 tions, and would make the fertilizer communities now 

 served by the railroad immensely more prosperous. 

 Not only would the railroads have more outbound 

 tonnage, but they would have more inbound tonnage, 

 as a result of the increased purchasing capacity of our 

 farmers and planters. 



Since we have pretty close to three hundred million 

 acres of lands on which fertilizer could be used, the 



Cotton. 



Cotton 4 Bales. 



The average yield of Five 

 Egyptian acres of cotton where 

 Nitrate of Soda is used at the 

 rate of 100 Ibs. or more to the 

 acre. 



Cotton 2 Bales. 



The average yield of Five 

 United States acres of cotton 

 of average production and aver- 

 age fertilization. 



possibilities of increasing the food supplies of all our 

 crops are obvious, since Nitrate has now been recognized 

 by accepted Scientific Authorities as a crop producer 

 of first-rate importance. 



The average crop production for six staple crops of 

 different countries is stated hereunder, as is also the 



