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Instructions for Using Nitrate of Soda on Sugar Beets. 



Apply the Nitrate of Soda by broadcasting it evenly, 

 by niaeliine or l)y hand, over the entire surface of the 

 sugar l)eet field you are fertilizing, at the rate of 200 

 pounds per acre before or soon after planting. Two hun- 

 dred pounds of Nitrate is equal in bulk to about two 

 bushels. 



Our Formula for Sufjar Beets. 



Nitrate aloiu' 200 lbs. per acre 



or pref erabh" 



Nitrate ' 300 " " " 



Acid Phosphate 300 '' " " 



When potash salts can be conveniently obtained we 

 advise the use of fifty pounds of sulphate of potash to 

 the acre every other year. 



Early Cabbage. 

 How a Crop The cabbage plots were thoroughly 



Was Saved worked up, and planted to Henderson's 



from Total Early Spring Variety. Part of the soil 



Failure. was treated with Nitrate of Soda at the 



rate of 575 pounds per acre. The part 

 of the plot not treated with Nitrate of Soda was a failure. 



Cabbage and Cauliflower. 



Cabbage requires a deep mellow soil, rich in plant food. 

 As the soil is thoroughly fined in the spring, there should 

 be incorporated with it by rows, corresponding to the 

 rows of plants, about 1,500 pounds of fertilizer per acre. 

 For early cabbage set close together ; it will pay to sow 

 the fertilizers broadcast over the whole ground and work 

 them in before setting out the plants. // the laud has 

 been heavili) mainired for a nuniher of years Nitrate of 

 Soda alone may do as mucli good as the mixture. In this 

 case, the Nitrate may be used after the plants are set 

 out — a teaspoonf ul to a plant. 



For late cabbage, set 21/2 to 3 feet apart each way. It 

 is a good plan to apply the fertilizers after the plants are 



set out. 

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