the life of the stubble will be greatly prolonged. This is ^°°^ ^°^ 

 particularly true of the Nitrated ammoniates. As potash ^° ^ 

 and phosphates are readily available their use has no restric- ^3 

 tions, but ordinary ammoniates cannot well be thoroughly 

 worked into the soil, and they fail in a large measure to reach 

 the crop. The Nitrated ammoniate, Nitrate of Soda, being 

 soluble in water, at once acts effectively. 



Sugar Beets. 



Select, if possible, a deep mellow loam, or even a sandy 

 loam. The crop should follow a clean cultivation crop, 

 such as corn, with deep fall plowing and cross plowing in 

 the spring. With a hard subsoil a subsoil plow must be 

 used, and used conscientiously. Work thoroughly into the 

 soil at the last harrowing before seeding, 300 pounds of a 

 fertilizer, consisting of 100 pounds high grade superphos- 

 phate, 100 pounds fine ground bone and 100 pounds potash, 

 and, see that the potash is in the for?n of sulphate, or Canada 

 wood ashes. As soon as the plants have made two leaves, 

 apply along the rows a top-dressing of 300 pounds of Nitrate 

 of Soda per acre. As in the case of barley, sugar beets must 

 be thoroughly matured, or the percentage of sugar will 

 be low. 



Strawberries. 



This plant requires a moist soil, but not one water- 

 logged at any time of the year. A light clay loam, or a 

 sandy loam is preferable. There are several methods of 

 cultivation, but the matted row is generally found more 

 profitable than the plan of growing only in hills. While 

 some growers claim that one year's crop is all that should 

 be harvested before ploughing down for potatoes, as a mat- 

 ter of fact the common practice is to keep the bed for at 

 least two harvests. In selecting plants care should be exer- 

 cised to see that pistillate plants are not kept too much by 

 themselves, or the blossoms will prove barren. The crop 

 is a heavy consumer of plant food, and the soil cannot be 

 made too rich. Farmyard manure should never be used 

 after the plants are set out, as the weed seeds contained 

 therein will give much trouble, especially as the horse hoe 



