HOW NITRATE BENEFITS THE FARMER. 



Nitrate of Soda, i'roni tlii' staudpuiiil 

 of the agricultural chemist, is a sub- 

 stance formed by the union of nitric 

 oxide and soda. In appearance it re- 

 sembles coarse salt. In agriculture, it 

 is valuable chiefly for its active Nitro- 

 gen, althougli ills also a soil sweetener and is frequently 

 capable of rendering soil potash available. 



What Nitrate 

 Looks Like; Its 

 Chemical 

 Properties. 



50,000,000 TONS OF NITRATE EXTRACTED 



What it is in 

 Agriculture. 



Commercially pure Nitrate contains 

 about 15 per cent, of Nitrogen, equiva- 

 lent to 18.25 per cent, of Ammonia, or 

 :]{){) pounds of \itrog(m to the ton. 



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