Food for yj^g following table shows the quantity of fertilizer 

 ^° ^ desirable for one acre, with the percentage of Nitrogen in 

 it. The quantities given are for the average soil, under 

 average conditions, the character and amounts of other 

 plant-foods in the fertilizer not being considered here: 



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Artichokes . . . 

 Asparagus.. . 



Barley 



Beans 



Beets, garden 

 Beets, sugar. . 



Benne 



Blackberry. .. 

 Buckwheat. . . 



Cabbage 



Cane, sugar.. 



Carrots 



Cassava 



Celery 



Corn 



Cotton 



Cranberry. . . 

 Cucumbers . . 

 Currants .... 

 Egg-plant . . . 



Flax 



Hemp 



Hops 



Horseradish. . 



Lettuce 



Melons 



Fertilizer 



Nitrate of 



Soda. 



Mint 



Mustard 



Oats 



Onions 



Oranges 



Peas 



Pineapples 



Potatoes, Irish. 

 Potatoes, sweet 



Radishes 



Ramie 



Rape 



Raspberry. . . . 



Rhubarb 



Rice 



Spinach 



Squash 



Strawberry. . . . 



Sunflower 



Tobacco 



Tomatoes 



Trees, general . 



Turnips 



Wheat 



Per acre. 



700 lbs. 



300 



100 



300 

 Per tree. 



3 



Per acre. 



200 



300 



150 



200 



240 



200 

 2,800 



300 



600 



300 



180 



200 



300 



300 



600 

 1,400 



300 



200 



100 



Nitrogen 



in 

 pounds. 



Per cent. 

 28 



9 

 10 



60 



20 



50 

 21 



22 

 15 

 13 

 24 

 21 

 29 



13-5 



36.0 



64.0 

 45.0 

 60.0 

 54.00 

 36.00 

 8.00 



2-5 



3 



Chemical fertilizers are used freely by the fruit growers 

 of California, and their use among the farmers is steadily 

 increasing. One reason why they are not used more exten- 

 sively is that they have to be imported from the East. It is 

 also a fact that the total amount now" used is only a small 

 percentage of what should be employed. Every one will 

 admit that the use of fertilizers in this State is small com- 

 pared with their use in Germany, where they are employed 

 more extensively than by any other nation; yet Dr. Maercker, 



