145 



Beets. £? od t for 



Plants 



The crop must be forced to quick growth in 

 order to obtain tender, crisp vege- 

 tables, quickly salable and at good Table Beets 

 prices. Nitrate of Soda was compared Grown on 

 with unfertilized soil, with the result p ltr j te f we ™ 

 that on the Nitrated plots marketable k g t a J; Days 

 beets were pulled 56 days from seeding; Ahead of Un- 

 the unfertilized plot required 72 days fertilized Plots, 

 to produce marketable vegetables. Ni- 

 trate of Soda was applied at the rate of 500 pounds per 

 acre, in four applications. 



Early Cabbage. 



The cabbage plots were thoroughly worked up, and 

 planted to Henderson's Early Spring Variety. Part 

 of the soil was treated with Nitrate 

 of Soda at the rate of 575 pounds ^s^Saved from 

 per acre, in five applications ranging Total Failure, 

 from May 1st to June 17th. The part 

 of the plot not treated with Nitrate of Soda was a total 

 failure, but allowing the same number of plants as the 

 fertilized portion, and also allowing for difference in 

 price on account of later ripening, the 

 crop on the portion not treated with A Dollar Spent 

 Nitrate should have returned a gross J 11 Nl *[ a J : « 1 I ll" 

 amount of $292.50. The Nitrated S^eaged 

 portion returned gross receipts of $720, Crop, 

 from which deducting $19.50 for fertil- 

 izer and application of same, we have $700.50 for 

 Nitrate of Soda as compared with $292.50 without 

 Nitrate, a net profit for the Nitrate of $408. That is, 

 for every dollar spent for Nitrate of Soda, the crop re- 

 turned an additional $21 nearly. 



Celery. 



Crisp stalks of rich nutty flavor are a matter of 

 rapid, unchecked growth, and plant food must be 

 present in unstinted quantity, as well as in the most 

 quickly available form, the best example of which is 



