. be remarked that the prices of other Ammoniates have ^°°^ ^^^ 



risen higher than Nitrate of Soda, and it is _,, . ^^ 1 



1 r 11 r II A Other Ammo- ,.^ 



as heretofore the cheapest or all Ammo- . , ^^. , ^43 



, , ^ mates Higher, 



mates m the market. 



Economists of authority tell us that the -^ , , , _, , ...^ 



,.,... . / -111 Probable Stability 



cost or living is to remain tor a considerable . _ ,. , 



, ^ , . , L • L T I 1 of Farm Values, 



time on the high basis now established, 



so that it is to be expected that the prices of agricultural 

 products will remain at a high level. 



In this connection your attention is called to many ex- 

 periments with Fertilizers in which Nitrate ^ , ^ , ^ 

 ^ r c J ■ J 1 L ] • J Good Results Due 



or boda is said to have been used in order , ...^ , 



J , , 1 • 1 1 to Nitrate, 



to produce results to be exploited as due 



to materials other than this Standard Money Crop Producer. 



Further, one may add, that when Ni- _, ,^ „,, , , 

 J , -^ r J Result Slight 



trate is used at the rate or lOO pounds per . J^ 



I 1 1 . • TT" •!• Auclecl t/Ost per 



acre, the actual cash increase in l^ertihzer . , ^ 



,, J , J Acre and per Ton 



cost per acre is very small, and when used ,^ .,. 



r J J . / , of Fertilizer, 



in mixed goods it cheapens the cost per ton 



of the Fertilizer. 



The highest agricultural authorities „„ ,,^., , „ 



u ui^ujL ri What Nitrate Has 



have established by carerul expenmenta- ^ r ^ 



, J r AT- r o J Done for Crops, 



tion that 100 pounds or INitrate or boda 



applied to the crops quoted below has produced increased 



yields as tabulated hereunder: 



Barley 400 pounds of grain. 



Corn 280 pounds of grain. 



Oats 400 pounds of grain. 



Rye 300 pounds of grain. 



Wheat 300 pounds of grain. 



Potatoes 3,600 pounds of tubers. 



Hay 1,000 pounds, barn-cured. 



Cotton 500 pounds seed-cotton. 



Sugar Beets 4,000 pounds of tubers. 



Beets 4,000 pounds of tubers. 



Sweet Potatoes 3>900 pounds of tubers. 



Cabbages 6,100 pounds. 



Carrots 7,8oo pounds. 



Onions 1,800 pounds. 



Turnips 37 per cent. 



Strawberries 200 quarts. 



Asparagus lOO bunches. 



Tomatoes 100 baskets. 



Celery 30 per cent. 



