is not omitted. Under any condition of soil or fertil- Food for 

 izing, a sickly green color of the young crop shows need 

 of Nitrate of Soda plant food, and the remedy is a top- ! 39 

 dressing of Nitrate. In seeding, use two or three 

 bushels to the acre. 



In many places in Europe the cereals, like oats 

 and wheat, are planted or sown in rows and cultivated 

 as we cultivate Indian corn. It is claimed that this 

 increases yield materially, and is of great aid in helping 

 to avoid lodging. It requires less seed per acre and 

 increases the yield. 



Another method in vogue is to sow less seed per 

 acre broadcast and use more fertilizer, so that the 

 individual stalks are stronger and bigger. 



Autumn dressings of Nitrate are used frequently 

 in Europe, and in connection with minerals as much as 

 three hundred (300) pounds of Nitrate per acre is used 

 annually. 



NITRATE TEST. 



At Kentucky Experiment Station. 



BULLETIN 99. 



The oats in this experiment were sown in April and 

 harvested in July. Plot No. 1 was one acre in area; 

 the others were one-half acre each. 



No fertilizer, yield, 27.5 bushels. 



160 lbs. Nitrate of Soda, yield, 37. 1 bushels. 



An authenticated experiment made by Mr. P. 

 Dickson, of Barnhill, Laurencekirk, N. B., gave a 

 return from the use of 112 pounds of Nitrate of Soda of 

 64 bushels per acre, while the soil without Nitrate gave 

 a crop of only 36 bushels. Top-dressings for oats 

 should average 100 pounds to the acre. 



It should always be applied some ten days after the 

 young plants have broken ground. 



Rye. 



This is another illustration of the necessity of care 

 in the use of fertilizer Nitrogen. Rye does best on 



