Early Peas. Food for 



Plants 



This crop was planted under same conditions and in ^~ 

 like manner to the snap beans; 3OO-pounds of Nitrate of Soda 

 were applied per acre, to the experiment plots. Two varieties 

 were planted, early and late. The results were : 



Early. Late. 



Nitrate. Nothing. Nitrate. Nothing. 



Date planted April 15. April 15. May x. May i. 



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



Gain to Market 7 days. 5 days. 



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



Crop on first picking. 55 p. ct. 40 p. ct. 57 p. ct 38 p. ct. 



Total yield (p. ct.).i6s 100 168 100 



The season was very 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. 



Early Potatoes. 



Ploughing was finished the second week in April, and 

 limed at the rate of 35 bushels per acre. Furrows were 

 opened three feet apart, and 750 pounds per acre of a high- 

 grade fertilizer worked into the rows. May ist the potatoes 

 were breaking ground, and 100 pounds of Nitrate of Soda 

 were applied per acre on the experiment plot. On the nth 

 200 pounds of Nitrate were applied, and on the 29th 150 

 pounds more were cultivated in with a horse-hoe. The total 

 Nitrate application per acre was 450 pounds. The Nitrated 

 plot was harvested July 6th, and retailed at an average price 

 of $1.60 per bushel; the plot not treated with Nitrate was 

 dug July 1 7th, eleven days later, and the highest price ob- 

 tained was 80 cents per bushel. The Nitrated plot produced 

 per acre 19 bushels unmarketable tubers, the non-Nitrated 

 plot 46 bushels. The total crop marketable was 297 bushels 

 for Nitrate, and 92 bushels for non-Nitrated plot. Deduct- 

 ing the cost of Nitrate of Soda and the expense of applying 

 same, the Nitrated crop was worth $463.30 per acre, while 

 the non-Nitrated plot returned only $69.00 per acre. For 

 every dollar expended for Nitrate of Soda, the crop increase 

 gave $30.18 return. 



