Early Cabbage. 



The cabbage plots were thoroughly worked up, and 

 planted to Henderson's Early Spring Variety. Part of the 

 soil was treated with Nitrate of Soda at the 

 ow a Crop rate O f 575 pounds per acre, in five applica- 

 tions ranging from May 1st to June I7th. 

 The part of the plot not treated with 

 Nitrate of Soda was a total failure, but allowing the same 



was Saved from 

 Total Failure. 



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A Dollar Spent 

 in Nitrate Re- 

 turned $21.00 

 in Increased 

 Crop. 



number of plants as the fertilized portion, and also allowing 

 for difference in price on account of later ripening, the crop 

 on the portion not treated with Nitrate 

 should have returned a gross amount of 

 $292.50. The Nitrated portion returned 

 gross receipts of $720, from which deduct- 

 ing $19.50 for fertilizer and application of 

 same, we have $700.50 for Nitrate of Soda 

 as compared with $292.50 without Nitrate, a net profit for 

 the Nitrate of $408. That is, for every dollar spent for 

 Nitrate of Soda, the crop returned an additional $2 1 nearly. 



Celery. 



Crisp stalks of rich nutty flavor are a matter of rapid, 

 unchecked growth, and plant food must be present in un- 

 stinted quantity, as well as in the most quickly available 

 form, the best example of which is Nitrate of Soda. The 



