Formula for Sugar- Beets Per Acre. 



300 pounds fine ground bone meal. 



100 pounds fine ground bone. 



100 pounds sulphate of potash. 



300 pounds Nitrate of Soda. 



The Nitrate of Soda may be divided into two equal portions before 

 mixing, and 150 pounds only put in the mixture, and the other 150 pounds 

 reserved for use as a top-dressing. 



For sugar-beets when soil is light, apply 1 60 pounds of Nitrate at the 

 time of planting, and later, 1 40 pounds at the time of the first hoeing. 



With heavy clay soils, 300 pounds may be put on at time of planting, 

 and this followed later by thorough hoeing. 



Sugar- Beets. 



Quantity of 



Nitrate of Soda 



to be applied 



to the acre. 



50 Ibs. 



And sti 11 

 further 

 I 50 Ibs. 



Or 300 Ibs. 

 at one time. 



Character of soil. 



Upon light soils. 



In the case of heavy 

 clay soils, a large 

 application of 

 Nitrate may pro- 

 mote the forma- 

 tion of a crust, 

 which must be 

 prevented by care- 

 ful hoeing. 



The richer the soil 

 and the more 

 freely it is ferti- 

 lized, the closer 

 the sugar-beets 

 must be planted. 



Time of ferti- 

 lization. 



At the time of 

 planting. 



At the time of 

 the first hoe- 

 ing of the 

 beets. 



At the time of 

 planting. 



REMARKS. 



The application of Nitrate 

 of Soda increases the yield 

 of sugar-beets very largely, 

 and by proper use produces 

 sugar-beets very rich in 

 sugar. In the use of large 

 quantities of Nitrate one 

 obtains beets rich in sugar 

 when choice varieties of 

 sugar-beets are cultivated, 

 and when it is applied early 

 and is quickly appropriated 

 by the beets, in order that 

 the ripening process may 

 not be prolonged. 



The delaying of the ripening 

 process is prevented when 

 bountiful supplies of avail- 

 able phosphoric acid are 

 present in the soil. Every 

 224 Ibs. of Nitrate of Soda 

 is able, according to Wagner, 

 to produce an increased 

 yield of 1 4,080 Ibs. of sugar- 

 beets rich in sugar and a 

 corresponding increase in 

 tops or leaves. 



