Artichokes . 

 Asparagus . 

 Barley 



Beans . 

 Beets, sugar 

 Buckwheat. . 



Cabbage 



Carrots 



Celery 



Corn 



Cotton 



Cranberry. . 



Currants 



Egg-Plant. . . 



Hemp 



Hops 



Horseradish. 



Lettuce 



Melons 



Fertilizer 



Nitrate of 



Soda. 



Per acre 

 500 lbs, 

 500 

 300 

 100 

 300 

 100 

 500 

 300 

 700 

 150 

 100 

 200 

 300 

 400 

 200 

 400 

 300 

 300 

 300 



Nitrogen 



in 

 pounds. 



Per cent. 



18 

 22.5 



5 

 14 

 60 



9.0 

 60.0 

 15.0 

 18.0 

 13.75 

 18.0 

 12.0 

 16.5 

 80.0 

 44.00 

 30.00 

 24 



50.0 

 36.0 



Mint 



Oats 



Oranges 



Peas 



Potatoes, Irish 



Radishes 



Rape 



Raspberry. . . . 



Rice 



Squash 



Strawberry. . . . 



Sunflower 



Tobacco 



Tomatoes 



Trees, general . 



Turnips 



Wheat 



Fertilizer 



Nitrate of 



Soda. 





Per acre. 



700 lbs 



100 

 Per tree. 



3 

 Per acre. 



200 



150 



240 

 2,800 



300 



300 



200 



300 



300 



600 

 1,400 



300 



200 



100 



Food for 



Nitrogen Plants 



in 



pounds. 27 



Per cent. 

 28 

 10 



20 

 21 

 15 

 24 

 21 



13.5 

 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 extensively 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. Everyone will admit that the use of fer- 

 tilizers in this State is small compared with their use 

 in Germany, where they are employed more exten- 

 sively than by any other nation. 



Soiling Crops. 



"Soiling" is rapidly becoming recognized as the 

 most economical method of stock feeding; practically, 

 soiling means keeping stock confined, and using green- 

 cut food. It is now known to be much more eco- 

 nomical than pasturing, not only that more stock can 

 be kept per acre, but the feeding results are more 

 profitable. The crops chiefly used are vetches, the 

 clovers, rye, buckwheat, spurry, fodder corn, stock 



