bage, and should be used liberally, This crop should £°° n d ts for 

 not follow itself more than twice, as by so doing there - 

 is no little danger of serious disease to the crop. r 55 



Sugar Mangels. 



300 lbs. Acid Phosphate. 

 100 lbs. Sulphate of Potash. 

 150 lbs. Nitrate of Soda. 

 Yield, 38,240 lbs. sugar man- 

 gels per acre. 



gels 



300 lbs. Acid Phosphate. 

 100 lbs. Sulphate ofjPotash. 

 Yield, 24,120 lbs. sugar man- 

 pcr acre. 



Cantaloupes. 



A continuous and rapid growth in cantaloupes is 

 essential to earliness and a good crop, and Nitrate of 

 Soda under the proper conditions, and with proper care, 

 yields just such results. A dressing of Nitrate of Soda 

 alongside the rows in cultivating, in addition to the 

 general fertilizer used, has been most successful. 



Celery, 



Phosphate should be worked into the land intended 

 for growing celery plants, either the fall before or in the 

 spring, before the seed is sown, at the rate of 500 pounds 

 per acre. As soon as the plants come up, sow broadcast 

 500 pounds of Nitrate of Soda per acre, or a small hand- 

 ful to each square yard. If heavy rains occur, it is well 



