the quality of the beet. A strong, thrifty green growth is Nitrate of 

 secured from the time plants are up, the difference being ^ r .g r ee 

 marked throughout the whole season. 



Excessive quantities of either Nitrate or manure 35 

 would tend to lower the sugar content and purity. No bad 

 effects from the use of Nitrate upon the tilth of the soil 

 has been noticed. 



How Used. 



The most rational amounts of Nitrate of Soda which 

 can be used on Colorado soils is probably from 150 to 300 

 pounds per acre. The larger quantities can better be used 

 on poorer soil. After screening it can be applied by broad- 

 casting with hand or machine and harrowed in before 

 seeding. 



Drills for distribution can also be used, or by attach- 

 ment to the seed drill applied with the seed at time of 

 seeding. When so used it favors strong germination of the 

 seed, as all soluble fertilizers used have been found to do. 



The expense of application by broadcasting will be 

 about 1 5 cents per acre. 



(Signed) A. H. DANIELSON. 



1907. 



The Use of 

 Nitrate of Soda on Sugar-Beets in Colorado. 



In the few years that the sugar-beet industry has been 

 established in Colorado, we have found that our con- 

 ditions of soil and climate are such that we can grow better 

 beets and more of them than any other State in the Union. 

 For instance, several districts of several thousand acres have 

 been able to report averages of 15 tons and more, per acre, 

 with sugar at 16 to 18 per cent. This is more than 

 remarkable when it is considered that the averages include 

 many areas that made only one to two tons per acre, this 

 poor product being the fault of the farmer more than the 

 land. The industry has also been one of the strong factors 

 which have caused the greatly increased value of good farm 



