Food for nierits of Nitrate of Soda and organic Nitrogen. The present price of 

 ^^^lants ammonia salts is such that they are not generally used in compounding ferti- 

 14 lizers, and it so happens that the Nitrogen of organic compounds is used 



in the so-called 'ammoniated' fertilizers. 



"Nitrate of Soda gave by far the best results, the gain being nearly 

 double that for the organic Nitrogen, and about one-half more than that 

 for the ammonia com pounds. 



"Nitrate of Soda seems to be the controlling factor, so far as the 

 appearance ot the plants indicated. The plants on the plots that had re- 

 ceived Nitrate were about six inches taller than on those receiving no Nitrate, 

 and this continued until the grain was ripe. 



"l. The experiment confirms the superiority of Nitrate of Soda over 

 ammonia salts for wheat, and indicates that its superiority over organic 

 Nitrogen is even greater than that over ammonia salts. 



"2. A given sum of money will buy more Nitrogen in the form of Nitrate 

 ■of Soda than in any other form except cotton-seed, yet the gain from Nitrate 

 of Soda is nearly double that from the use of organic Nitrogen." 



Professor Atwater, in writing of some experiments made 

 by Professor McBride, at the South CaroHna Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, on Oats and Wheat, says: 



"A comparison of four of the tests conducted on both farms indicates 

 that the inorganic Nitrogen (Nitrate of Soda) gave nearly 100 per cent, more 

 increase of yield than the organic {cotton-seed meal, dried blood, etc.), and 

 nearly 50 per cent, more than both forms used together." 



TT i. A 1 Drill in with the wheat in the fall a mixture 



How to Apply 1 r I I I 



Nitrate of Soda °^ ^5° POunds ot phosphate and 50 



^, pounds INitrate ot Soda per acre. If your 



land is sandy, add 50 pounds of sulphate 

 of potash to the above. Early in the spring, sow broad- 

 cast 100 pounds Nitrate of Soda per acre. 



Land sown to Wheat in the fall and seeded down with 

 timothy and clover giving a heavy crop, followed by a heavy 

 hay crop the following year, proved the beneficial aftereffect 

 of the Nitrate; that the Nitrate had not leached away as so 

 many critics claim, and also, that the soil had not been 

 exhausted. 



Professor Massey writes in regard to the effect of Nitrate 

 of Soda on Wheat, as follows: 



"I have made several experiments with Nitrate of Soda. The first was on 

 wheat in Albemarle County, Va. I used 200 pounds per acre on part of 

 the field which had been fertilized with 400 pounds acid phosphate in the fall. 

 The result was 9 bushels per acre more than on the rest of the field, and a 

 stand of clover, while none of any account stood on the rest of the field." 



