I have made several experiments with Nitrate of Soda. The Food for 

 first was on wheat in Albemarle County, Virginia. I used 200 Pl ants 

 pounds per acre on part of the field which had been fertilized with 

 400 pounds acid phosphate in the fall. The result was !) bushels 

 per acre more than on the rest of the field, and a stand of clover, 

 while none of any account stood on the rest of the field. 



From 100 to 150 pounds of Nitrate 



of Soda per acre should be broadcasted Wheat Expen- 



i j ,i • .i ments in 



on wheat, as soon as the new growth England. 



shows in the spring. The results of 



such treatment are shown by experiments made by 



three English gentlemen, which are tabulated as follows, 



mineral plant food being present in abundance: 



I. No Nitrate, 23 bu. 300 lbs. Nitrate, 33.5 bu. Gain 46 p. ct. 

 II. " 15 " 300 " " 28.0 " " 87 " 



III. " 34 " 300 kk " 49.0 " " 44 " 



Average 59 



Another illustration is an experi- 

 ment made by the late Dr. Voelcker; Cotton-seed 

 „~, j "p . . i i Meal Compared 

 672 pounds ot cotton-seed meal were with Nitrate 



used in comparison with 275 pounds of 

 Nitrate of Soda, with the result that the latter gave a 

 return of 40.75 bushels per acre, a gain over the cotton- 

 seed meal of nearly 24 per cent., the above enormous 

 application of cotton-seed meal yielding but 37.7 bushels 

 per acre. 



Forty Bushels of Wheat to the Acre a Possible 

 Average on Many Ohio Farms. 



Bulletin 282, Ohio Experiment Station. 



For twenty years the Ohio Experiment Station has 

 grown potatoes, wheat and clover in a three-year rota- 

 tion on one of its farms in Wayne county, a farm no 

 better in natural fertility than thousands of others 

 which may be found in this region of the State. 



The land under experiment is divided into three 

 sections and each crop is grown every season. Each 

 section is sub-divided into plots of one-tenth acre each, 

 every third plot being left continuously without fertilizer 



