within the limits laid down by me. How does the case Nitrate of 

 stand in that respect here P (A voice : "It is freely allowed.") Soda for 

 Well, gentlemen, then make free use of it. 



So much as regards the use of farm-yard xr . 2I 



& , ] r Nitrate the 



manure; we now come to the application of ,,, c . , . 



, 7 j AT- i- / t Most Suitable 



the most suitable Nitrogenous fertilizer for f th A m 



the cultivation of the sugar-beet^ that is to 



-\T- r rt i mates ror 



,*y, Nitrate of Sub. Sugar-Beets. 



Gentlemen, it is, generally speaking, 



impossible to grow sugar-beets with profit without supply- 

 ing them in a judicious manner with easily assimilable 



Nitrogenous food, and that, best of all, in XT , 



i_ r r XT- c o j r\c n Beets Need 



the form or Nitrate or Soda. Or all our A . . 



Ammomates 



crops the beet is the one whose require- AJI ~, 



XT . , n . . More Than 



ments m Nitrogen are the greatest; .t is p h hates 



capable or taking up Nitrogen m far greater P t h 



quantities than are usually supplied to it, 

 and there are in this respect scarcely any limits to the 

 increase of the yield but with a certain reservation. For 

 just as we have already learned that phosphoric acid hastens 

 the growth of the young beets, so the reverse may in certain 

 circumstances be brought about by an injudicious use of 

 Nitrate of Soda; and therefore, Nitrate of Soda, valuable 

 as it is in beet cultivation, must be used with judgment. 



It should be the object of the beet p Qr g ugar 

 grower to secure a ripe beet at the time of R M " , 



11 iii 1* JJCClo iYlUol UC 



the harvest. But, by an excessive application D- 

 of Nitrate of Soda the ripening is delayed, 

 and an unripe beet is a beet poor in sugar; so that it is not 

 to be doubted that an excessive use of Nitrate of Soda may 

 go hand in hand with a diminution of the percentage of 

 sugar, and therefore with a reduction of the value of the 

 beets to the manufacturer. Gentlemen, I admit this per- 

 fectly, and nevertheless I entertain the firm conviction that 

 in present circumstances, sugar-beet growing cannot be carried 

 on without an intensive use of Nitrate of Soda. But in 

 applying Nitrate of Soda the farmer must understand how 

 to proceed in such a manner that the percentage of sugar 

 in the beets does not thereby suffer loss ; for the manufac- 

 turer is justly entitled to require the agriculturist to deliver 

 to him at the factory a beet as rich in sugar as is capable of 

 being produced under the ordinary conditions of the district. 



