points in high-grade barley is a complete maturity of the Food for 

 grain. With soils rich in vegetable matter, the supply of ant8 

 the only digestible Nitrogen or what is exactly the same 99 

 thing, Nitrates, continues so late in the season that maturity is 

 retarded seriously. About 400 pounds per acre of fertilizer 

 should be applied broadcast before seeding. As soon as the 

 grain is "up," top-dress with 150 pounds of Nitrate of Soda 

 per acre. If the soil is very rich, apply only 100 pounds of 

 Nitrate. 



We would recommend drilling in with the Barley or 

 Oats a mixture of 250 pounds acid phos- 

 phate and 100 pounds Nitrate of Soda rJarley 

 per acre, and if the land is very sandy add a Uats. 

 100 pounds sulphate of potash to the mixture. 



In an experiment at Woburn, made for the Royal Agri- 

 cultural Society of England, by the late Dr. Voelcker, the 

 following results were obtained : 



Mineral manures and sulphate ammonia 36.75 bushels per acre. 



Nitrate 275 Ibs. and minerals 42.50 bushels per acre. 



Gain for Nitrate, 16 per cent. 



The ammonia salt and the Nitrate used contained the 

 same amount of nitrogen plant food. Compared with 

 cotton-seed meal, 124 pounds of Nitrate of Soda gave 49.5 

 bushels barley per acre as compared to 37 bushels from 1,000 

 pounds cotton-seed meal applied the previous year. Gain 

 for Nitrate 33.7 per acre. 



Oats. 



This grain does well on nearly all types of soil, but 

 responds freely to good treatment. There is a vast differ- 

 ence in the quality of oats when grown on poor or rich soils. 

 Perhaps no other crop so effectually conceals impoverish- 

 ment; at the same time the feeding value of oats grown on 

 poor soil is very low. In the North oats are sown in the 

 spring, and usually after corn or a turned down clover sod. 

 In such cases the crop is rarely ever given fertilizer, but 

 shows an excellent return for a top-dressing of 100 pounds 

 of Nitrate of Soda per acre. The crop has strong foraging 

 powers, and will find available mineral plant food where a 



