Food for 

 Plants 



Barley 400 lbs. of grain. 



Oats 400 " 



46 %e 300 " 



Wheat 300 " 



Potatoes 3,600 " Tubers. 



Hay, upwards of 1,000 " Barn cured. 



Cotton 500 " Seed cotton. 



Sugar Beets : 4,000 " Tubers. 



Beets 4,900 " 



Sweet Potatoes 3,900 " 



Cabbages 6,100 Pounds. 



Carrots 7,800 Pounds. 



Turnips 37 per cent. 



Strawberries 200 quarts. 



Onions 1,800 Pounds. 



Asparagus 100 bunches. 



Tomatoes 100 baskets. 



Celery 30 per cent. 



Hops 100 pounds. 



Nitrate of Soda is a plant tonic, and an energizer; 

 is it not a stimulant in any sense of the word. 



It may be used alone, without other fertilizers, as a 

 Top-dressing, at the rate of not more than 100 pounds 

 to the acre. 



Profits from the Use of Fertilizers. 



The aim usually in the use of artificial fertilizers 

 is to so supplement soil supplies of plant-food as to 

 obtain a profit, and, as already intimated, the profits 

 for the different crops will, to some extent, be in pro- 

 portion to their economical use of the constituents 

 applied. Still, one should not be deterred from the use 

 of fertilizing materials, even if the conditions should 

 render the application apparently wasteful, or a small 

 recovery of the constituents applied, provided the in- 

 crease in yield will more than pay the cost of the appli- 

 cation. The farmer should calculate what increase in 

 crop it is necessary for him to obtain in order to make 

 the use of fertilizers profitable, and if only this is ob- 

 tained he should not condemn their use. Many persons 

 seem to have gotten the impression that there is some 

 mystery connected with fertilizers, and that their use 

 is a gamble at best, and are not satisfied unless the 



