Nitrate of sufficient Nitrogen is at the disposal of the plants; but from 



Soda for w h at j know of most kinds of soil in Germany, they are 



_ thoroughly hungry for Nitrogen, and I believe that hunger 



2 4 for Nitrogen exists also in your soils. Or have any of you 



to complain of a superfluity? (Laughter. A voice: "Not 



outside the yard of the posting house!") Yes, possibly so, 



but that is only a quite exceptional case, which we may 



leave out of sight, so the remarks which I have made will 



be perfectly applicable to your circumstances and in those 



circumstances you cannot think of carrying on the cultivation 



of the sugar-beet profitably without an intensive employment of 



Nitrate of Soda. 



