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Food for tage jn obtaining the higli prices ot an early market. The 

 ^^^^^^ results were as follows, in bunches per acre: 



Plot and Fertilizer. Bunches per acre. (jain. 



3. No Nitrate 560 — 



2. 200 lbs. Nitrate 680 120 



I. 400 lbs. Nitrate 840 280 



The financial results are as follows, prices being those 

 actually obtained in the New York Markets; 



Plot I. Plot 2. Plot 3. 



Fertilizer, Nitrate 400 lbs. 200 lbs. 



Gross receipts ^207 .90 $161 . 50 ^— — 



Fertilizer cost 8 . 40 4 . 20 — 



Applying fertilizer 2.00 i.oo — 



Net receipts i97-50 161.50 $112.00 



Nitrate made gain ^5 • 5° 44-30 



The use of 400 pounds of Nitrate of Soda produced on 

 plot I a gain of ^85.50 on a fertilizer and application cost 

 of $10.40; the use of 200 pounds of Nitrate r-eturned a similar 

 gain of $44.30 on a fertilizer and application cost of $5.20. 



Snap Beans. 



The Beans were grown for pods, or what is known as 

 string beans. Three varieties were experimented with. Chal- 

 lenger, Black Wax, and the Red Valentine. Seeds were 

 drilled in May loth, in rows two feet apart; on May 2 2d, 

 100 pounds of Nitrate of Soda were applied per acre, and 

 on the 27th, another application of 150 pounds was drilled 

 in. June 12th, an application of 50 pounds was drilled 



, . along the rows, followed by 100 pounds 



iiicr63.S6 in ^ . . 



P rt R t June 19th; in all 400 pounds of Nitrate of 



|1 .. Soda per acre. Half the field was not 



„ It H treated with Nitrate. In the case of the 



„ e • Black Wax beans, the Nitrated land gave a 



well as Saving , , . , ,. , '=' 



_,. crop 6 days in advance ot the part not 



in Time. 1 '1 at- j u 



treated with JNitrate, and the same gain 



was made by the Nitrated Valentine beans. The Black Wax 



beans treated with Nitrate produced 75 per cent, more 



marketable crop than the non-Nitrated portion, and the 



Valentine variety 60 per cent. Taking into consideration 



the enhanced price due to earlier ripening, the average price 



of the Nitrated black wax beans averaged some 60 percent. 



