(')'2 Food for Plants. 



MARKET GARDENING WITH NITRATE. 



Successful Results in an Unfavorable Growing- Season. 



Asparagus. 



The bed was twenty years old, aii<l liad been neglected. 

 As soon as woi'kable, it Avas disc-harrowed, and later 

 smooth-harrowed with an Acme harrow. Nitrate of Soda 

 was applied to the plots early in April. It was sown 

 directly over the rows and well worked into the soil. 



The experiment comprised three plots, two fertilized 

 with Nitrate of Soda, and one withont Nitrate, plot 3. 

 Plots 1 and 2, treated with the Nitrate, produced market- 

 able stalks ten days in advance of plot 3, a very material 

 advantage in obtaining the high prices of an early 

 market. The results were as follows, in bunches per 

 acre: 



Plot and Fertilizer Bunches per acre Gain 



3. No Nitrate 560 



2. 200 lbs. Nitrate 680 120 



1. 400 lbs. Nitrate 840 280 



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 avail- 

 able form, the best example of which is 

 Extraordinary Nitrate of Soda. The soil was plowed 

 Returns on early in May, and subsoiled, thoroughly 



Celery. breaking the soil to a depth of 10 inches. 



Thirty bushels of slacked lime per acre 

 was broadcasted immediately after plowing, followed by 

 a dressing of 20 tons of stable manure, all well worked 

 into the soil. Plants were set May 10th. The tract was 

 portioned into three plots for experimental purposes; 

 plot 1 received 675 pounds of Nitrate of Soda per acre, 

 plot 2 received 475 pounds and plot 3 none. 



Plot 1 was ready for market July Gth, and was all off 

 bv the 10th. Plot 2 was readv for market July 11th and 



