crusts ; these crusts are a result of using very high grade Nitrate 

 plant foods, but intensive cultivation demands their use. s a r 



Showing root system of Sugar-Beets and great extent of feeding. 

 Bulletin No. 176, California Experiment Station, 1906. 



Acid 

 Phosphate. 



The plant-food of sugar-beets is, of course, 

 the same as for other crops, ammoniates, 

 phosphoric acid and potash. The phos- 

 phoric acid must be used in ample quantities in order to 

 push forward a well nourished early growth, and with this 



