Food for The financial results were as follows, prices being 



Plants those actually obtained in the New York markets: 



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Plot 1. Plot 2. Plot 3. 



Fertilizer, Nitrate 400 lbs. 200 lbs. 



Gross receipts $207 . 90 $161 . 50 



Fertilizer cost 8.40 4.20 



Applying fertilizer 2.00 1 . 00 



Net receipts 197.50 161.50 $112.00 



Nitrate made gain 85 . 50 44 . 30 



The use of 400 pounds of Nitrate of Soda produced 

 on plot 1 a gain of $85.50 on a fertilizer and application 

 cost of $10.40; the use of 200 pounds of Nitrate returned 

 a similar gain of $44.30 on a fertilizer and application 

 cost of $5.20. 



Snap Beans. 



The beans were grown for pods, or what is known as 

 string beans. Three varieties were experimented with, 

 Challenger, Black Wax, and the Red Valentine. Seeds 

 were drilled in May 10th, in rows two feet apart; on 

 May 22nd, an application of 100 pounds of Nitrate of 

 Soda per acre was made, and on the 27th, another 

 application of 150 pounds was drilled. June 12th, an 



application of 50 pounds was drilled 

 Increase in along the rows, followed by 100 pounds 



Crop and Bet- j une 19th; i n all 400 pounds of Nitrate 

 ter Quality of goda per acre Half the field was 



wetlt ^ Saving not treated with Nitrate. In case of 

 in Time. the Black Wax beans, the Nitrated 



land gave a crop 6 days in advance of 

 the part not treated with Nitrate, and the same gain was 

 made by the Nitrated Valentine beans. The Black 

 Wax beans treated with Nitrate produced 75 per cent, 

 more marketable crop than the non-Nitrated portion, 

 and the Valentine variety 60 per cent. Taking into 

 consideration the enhanced price due to earlier ripening, 

 the average price of the Nitrated Black Wax beans 

 averaged some 60 per cent, higher than the portion of 

 the field not treated with Nitrate of Soda; in like man- 

 ner, the increased price of the Valentine beans was 45 

 per cent. 



