Food for Plants. 



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Carrots. 



All plots were fertilized with acid phosphate and 

 potash. 



No. Nitrate. 



II 



Yo ST. Nitrate. 



Ill 



3 gr. Nitrate of 41/2 

 Soda. 



IV 



r. Nitrate of 

 Soda. 



The carrots were planted April 21st and treated tJie 

 same as the beets. The nitrated plot yielded matured 

 carrots June 27th. Crop was first pulled from the non- 

 nitrated plot about the middle of September. Carrots 

 from the nitrated plot sold for from 5 to 8 cents a bunch 

 more than those from the non-nitrated plot. 



Instructions for Using Nitrate of Soda on Cabbage and Carrots. 



Apply the Nitrate of Soda by broadcasting it evenly 

 over the entire surface of the vegetable field you are fer- 



