Cover half the above number of acres. There are objections Nitrate of 



to the endgate sower, as it is quite difficult to sow the e da f o 

 r ... . . , Sugar-Beets 



fertilizer evenly in a wind. 



The Nitrate can also be sown at the same time as the 

 seed, and in the same row, by the use of a fertilizer 

 attachment to an ordinary drill. Beet drills are also 

 manufactured especially for this purpose with two hoppers 

 or boxes to contain seed and fertilizer. The fertilizer falls 

 after the seed from a separate spout or tube in such a way 



Weighing Samples in Nitrate Experiments. Colorado Experiment Station. 



that the seed is covered by a layer of soil and the fertilizer 

 comes on top of this layer when all is covered by the soil. 

 It might be supposed that a strong, soluble chemical 

 sown with the seed in this way would injure the seed, but, 

 on the contrary, it has been found that this favors strong 

 germination of the seed. The Nitrate is so soluble that in 

 contact with the moist soil, it disappears into the soil in a 

 few days, before the beet seed is ready to sprout. 



