be expected that the prices of agricultural products will re- Food for 



, , , i Plants 



main at a high level. 



In this connection your attention is called to many ex- l8 s 

 periments with Fertilizers in which Nitrate 



of Soda is said to have been used in order ^ ood K ^ sul 



to produce results to be exploited as due to Due t( [trate> 

 materials other than this Standard Money 



Crop Producer. Slight Added 



Further, one may add, that when Ni- Cost per Acre 



trate is used at the rate of 100 pounds per and per Ton 



acre, the actual cash increase in Fertilizer of Fertilizer, 

 cost per acre is very small. 



The highest agricultural authorities Wha{ Nitrate 



have established by careful experimenta- . . 



i i r -vy f o 1 Hao UUI1C IUr 



tion that 100 pounds of Nitrate or Soda rO p S 



applied to the crops quoted below has pro- p ise / p r j ce o f 



duced increased yields as tabulated here- p arm p ro ducts 

 under : 



Increased Yield per Acre of Crops receiving Nitrate 



at the rate of 100 pounds to the Acre 



over those receiving none. 



Wheat 300 pounds of grain. 



Oats 400 pounds of grain. 



Corn 280 pounds of grain. 



Barley 400 pounds of grain. 



Potatoes 3>6oo pounds of tubers. 



Sweet Potatoes 3>9OO pounds of tubers. 



Hay 1,000 pounds, barn-cured. 



Cotton 500 pounds seed-cotton. 



Sugar-Beets 4,000 pounds of tubers. 



Cabbages 6,100 pounds. 



Carrots 7,800 pounds. 



Onions 1,800 pounds. 



Turnips 37 per cent. 



Strawberries 200 quarts. 



Asparagus 100 bunches. 



Tomatoes 100 baskets. 



Celery 30 per cent. 



Rye 300 pounds of grain. 



Beets 4,000 pounds of tubers. 



