Table Beets 

 Grown on 

 Nitrate were 

 Ready for Mar- 

 ket 1 6 Days 

 Ahead of Un- 

 fertilized Plots. 



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higher than the portion of the field not treated with Nitrate ^'o^^ ^^^ 

 of Soda; in like manner, the increased price 

 beans was 45 per cent. 



Beets. 



The crop must be forced to quick growth 

 in order to obtain tender, crisp vegetables, 

 quickly salable and at good prices. Nitrate 

 of Soda was compared with unfertilized 

 soil, with the result that on the Nitrated 

 plots, marketable beets were pulled 56 

 days from seeding; the unfertilized plot 

 required 72 days to produce marketable 

 vegetables. Nitrate of Soda was applied at the rate ot 500 

 pounds per acre, in lour applications. 



500 lbs. Nitrate of Soda to the acre, in four applications. 



No Nitrate. 



Early Cabbage. 



The cabbage plots were thoroughly worked up, and 



planted to Henderson's Early Spring Variety. Part of the 



soil was treated with Nitrate of Soda at tt^^, „ r^r... 

 , r 1 • r How a Crop 



the rate of 575 pounds per acre, m five ^^^ g^^^^^ ^^^^^ 



apphcations ranging from May ist to June 'p-x„j paii„rp 



17th. The part of the plot not treated with 



Nitrate of Soda was a total failure, but allowing the same 



