cause of a lack of the needful Nitrogenous plant food. It has Food 'or 

 been estimated under the present methods Plants 



of cropping the rich lands of our Western Wasteful Methods 

 States, that for every pound of Nitrogen ** our 

 actually used to make a wheat crop, four ^ armers - 

 to five pounds are utterly wasted. In other words, our 

 pioneer agriculture has proceeded as though Fertility Capital 

 could be drawn upon forever. 



This injudicious waste is already reducing the yield of 

 many of the best lands, rendering the use of at least a small 

 application per acre of Nitrate both profitable and necessary. 

 The agricultural value of Nitrate of Soda 

 has had the attention of the foremost agri- ] nment Scien- 

 cultural and scientific specialists of the " sts th j [ 

 world, including such men as Dr. Paul Over Wel1 ^ c ' 

 Wagner and Professor Maercker, of Ger- fluamted with the 

 many; Lawes and Gilbert, Sir William ^reat Value of 

 Crookes, Dr. Dyer, Dr. Hall and Dr. ] ltrate ' 

 Voelcker, in England; Professors Grandeau, Cassarini, Mig- 

 neaux, and Cadoret, in France; Professors Bernardo, Giner, 

 and Alino, in Spain; and Drs. Voorhees, Wheeler, Kilgore, 

 Brooks, Duggar, Stubbs, Ross, Patterson, Hilgard, Shaw and 

 Garcia in America. The results obtained by these officials 

 may be summarized as follows: 



1 . Nitrate of Soda acts very beneficially and with great 

 certainty upon all straw-growing plants. 



2. It is of special value for forcing the rapid develop- 

 ment and early maturity of most garden crops. 



3. It is of great importance in the production of sugar 

 beets, potatoes, hops, fodder crops, fiber plants, and tobacco. 



4. It is exceedingly valuable in developing and main- 

 taining meadow grass and pasture lands. 



5. In the early stages of development it produces 

 favorable results upon peas, vetches, lupines, clover, and al- 

 falfa. 



6. It has been applied with much advantage to various 

 kinds of berries, bush fruits, vineyards, orchards and nursery 

 stock, and small fruits generally. 



7. It provides the means in the hands of the farmer, 

 for energizing his crops so that they may better withstand 

 the ravages of drought, or the onslaughts of plant diseases 

 or insect pests, such as boll weevil, and others. 



