Food for It should be remembered that plants take up most of 



Plants j-j^gjj. Nitrogen during the early period of their growth. 



144 It ts now known that there is not as much clanger of if 



being leached out of the soil by the rains during the growing 

 season as has been generally believed, since the rains seldom 

 reach lower than the bottom of the furrow, and the movement 

 of the soil moisture is up instead of down. Besides, soil 

 moisture is strongly held by good soils by capillary attraction. 



Nitrate of Soda looks somewhat like common dairy 

 salt, and horses, cows and sheep, if they can get to it, may 

 eat it to an injurious extent. 



The emptied bags, especially in damp weather, have more 

 or less Nitrate adhering to them. After emptying, it is a 

 good plan to soak in water, which will make an excellent 

 liquid manure, say one empty bag to a barrel of water. 



// lumpy, the Nitrate should be broken up fine, which is 

 easily done by pounding it on the barn floor with the back of a 

 spade or shovel, or by a hand grinding machine made especially 

 for home mixing, which is now in common use in Europe 

 and beginning to be used in America. 



If the Nitrate is to be mixed with superphosphate or 

 other fertilizers, put the desired quantity of each in a heap 

 on the floor and turn it over until it is uniformly mixed. 



Nitrate of Soda, unlike sulphate of ammonia, dried blood 

 and other complete mixed fertilizers, can be mixed with lime or 

 ashes without loss of Nitrogen. 



FROM BULLETIN No. 67. 



Maryland Experiment Station on the Culture and Handling 

 of Tobacco in Maryland. 



H. J. PATTERSON, Director and Chemist. 



From Page 140. 



The following materials are well adapted 

 for use in making fertilizers for tobacco: 

 Dissolved South Carolina rock, dissolved bone, dried 

 fish, bone-tankage, cotton-seed meal, Nitrate of Soda, 

 sulphate of ammonia, high grade sulphate of potash, car- 

 bonate of potash and magnesia, and cotton-seed-hull ashes. 



