The results show very clearly that but for the Nitrate ^^^^ ^°^ 

 applications, the crop must have been a failure in every 

 respect. 49 



Early Peas 



This crop was planted under same conditions and in 

 like manner to the snap beans; 300 pounds of Nitrate of 

 Soda were applied per acre, to the experiment plots. Two 

 varieties were planted, early and late. The results were: 



Early. Late. 



Nitrate. Nothing. Nitrate. Nothing. 



Date planted April 15. April 15. May i. May i. 



First picking June 8. June 17. June 29. July .4. 



Gain to Market 7 days. • 5 days. 



Period of bearing 11 days. 8 days. 10 days. 6 days. 



Crop on first picking .... 55 p. ct. 40 p. ct. 57 p. ct. 38 p. tt. 



Total yield (p. ct.) 165 100 168 100 



The season was very unfavorable for this crop, yet the 

 results show that the Nitrate made a powerful effort to offset 

 this disadvantage. The earliness to market in this case 

 is as pronounced as in the other garden crops, and is one 

 of the most profitable factors in the use of Nitrate of Soda. 

 The lengthening of the bearing period is an added advantage. 



Early Potatoes. 



Ploughing was finished the second week in April, and 

 limed at the rate of 35 bushels per acre. Furrows were 

 opened three feet apart, and 750 pounds per acre of a high- 

 grade fertilizer worked into the rows. May ist the potatoes 

 were breaking ground, and 100 pounds of Nitrate of Soda 

 were applied per acre on the experiment plot. On the nth 

 200 pounds of Nitrate were applied, and on the 29th 150 

 pounds more were cultivated in with a horse-hoe. The 

 total Nitrate application per acre was 450 pounds. The Ni- 

 trated plot was harvested July 6th, and retailed at an average 

 price of ^1.60 per bushel; the plot not treated with Nitrate 

 was dug July 17th, eleven days later, and the highest price 

 obtained was 80 cents per bushel. The Nitrated plot pro- 

 duced per acre 19 bushels unmarketable tubers, the non- 

 Nitrated plot 46 bushels. The total crop marketable was 

 297 bushels for Nitrate, and 92 bushels for non-Nitrated 

 plot. Deducting the cost of Nitrate of Soda and the expense 





