70 Food for Plants. 



tiliziiig-, at Uio rate of 300 pounds per acre, before seeding 

 or planting, or li'aiisplanting. 



Our Fannifhi for Cabbage and Carrots. 



Nitrafe alone i50'0 lbs. per acre- 



or pi'cferably 



Nitrate 400 " '' " 



Add Phosphate 400 " " " 



When potash salts can be conveniently obtained we 

 advise the use of fifty pounds of sulphate of potash to 

 the acre every other year. 



Cucumbers. 

 Plants were set in box frames May 4tli. The frames 

 were well filled with rotted manure, and were banked 

 as a protection against late frosts. A portion of the field 

 was treated with Nitrate of Soda ; on May 10th each plant 

 was given a quart of a solution made by dissolving three 

 pounds of Nitrate of Soda in 50 gallons of w^ater. Sev- 

 eral applications were made on the experimental plot, 

 making a total of 165 pounds of Nitrate of Soda per acre. 

 On June 27th the experimental plot was setting fruit 

 rapidly, w4iile the plot without nitrate was just coming 

 into bloom. The nitrated plot was given on June 29th a 

 quart of a solution made by dissolving two ounces of 

 Nitrate of Soda in a gallon of water; and this applica- 

 tion was repeated July 3d, 7th, 15th, 24th, and August 

 8th. This practically doubled the Nitrate application. 



The first picking on the nitrated plot 

 Gain in Time was made July 1st, on the non-nitrated 



in This Crop ])lot July 22d, when prices were at the 



Very Remark- lowest point. After the early market 

 able, Two season was over, the vines were treated 



Weeks in for pickling cucumbers, the nitrated plot 



Advance, receiving Nitrate dissolved in water as 



before and later, two applications of a 

 quart each, containing half an ounce per gallon. The 

 result was that the vines continued bearing until cut 

 down by frost. The estimated yields were as follows: 

 Nitrated plot, per acre, 6,739 dozen, plot without Nitrate 

 gave per acre 948 dozen. 



