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Early Peas. 



This crop was planted under the same conditions and 

 in like manner to snap beans ; 300 pounds of Nitrate of 

 Soda per acre was applied to the experiment plots. Two 

 varieties w^ere planted, early and late. The results were : 



Early Late 



Nitrate Nothing Nitrate Nothing 



Date planted April 15. April 15. May 1. May 1. 



First picking: June 8. June 17. June 29. July 4. 



Gain to market 9 days. 5 days. 



Period of bearing 11 days. 8 days. 10 days. 6 days. 



Cro]) on first pickine: 55 p. c. -iO p. c. 57 p. c. 38 p. c. 



Total yield (p. c.) • • ^ 165 100 168 100 



The season was veiy unfavorable for this crop, yet 

 the results show that the Nitrate made a powerful effort 

 to offset this disadvantage. The earliness to market in 

 this case is as pronounced as in the other garden crops, 

 and is one of the most profitable factors in the use of 

 Nitrate of Soda. The lengthening of the bearing period 

 is an added advantage. 



Peppers. 



Pepper plants were transplanted May 

 Nitrate Doubles 22nd, when Nitrate of Soda at the rate 

 Yield. of 100 pounds to the acre was applied, 



followed by a second application of 200 

 pounds on May 31st, and others of 100 pounds each on 

 June 7th and June 19th. The yield from the plot treated 

 with 500 pounds of Nitrate was at the rate of 14,620 

 dozen per acre, and pulling was begun June 30th. The 

 plot without Nitrate treatment yielded at the rate of 

 7,432 dozen per acre and pulling did not begin till August 

 7th, '38 davs later. 



Early Potatoes. 



Ploughing was finished the second week in April, and 

 the plot limed at the rate of 35 bushels per acre. Fur- 

 rows were opened three feet apart, and 750 pounds per 

 acre of a high-grade fertilizer worked into the rows. 



