Nitrate of What Returns to Expect. 



Soda for 



Anyone who is contemplating using fertilizers on 

 4* sugar-beets is naturally anxious to know what to expect in 

 probable returns. It may be stated that in Official ex- 

 perimental work covering three years, and also in practice, 

 the returns due to Nitrate of Soda in quantities mostly of 

 200 pounds per acre and less, have given returns in value 

 of beets over the total cost of the Nitrate applied only, 

 estimated at $3.00 per 100 pounds, ranging from about $7.00 

 to $15.00 per acre. It may also be stated that the use of 

 Nitrate of Soda on sugar-beets in Colorado has passed the ex- 

 perimental stage,one factory district alone having used several 

 hundred tons during the last two or three years with profit. 



The best time and method of application of Nitrate 

 of Soda to sugar-beets under Colorado conditions, the 

 result of my experiments shows that all the Nitrate can be 

 applied at the time of planting the seed, or immediately 

 before, and harrowed into the soil. 



The Nitrate of Soda should all be passed through a 

 screen of %- or ^-inch mesh before application, and can 

 be broadcasted through "endgate" seeders or applied with 

 ordinary grain seed drills fitted with agitators of some sort. 

 I sowed the Nitrate with an ordinary grain drill fitted with 

 a revolving rod, carrying cross-pieces over each feed 

 " hole/' and seeded the beet seed immediately afterward. 



Nitrate of Soda, or any other fertilizer, can also be 

 applied by an attachment to the ordinary sugar-beet seed drill, 

 although in the case of Nitrate of Soda, this is not recom- 

 mended, because these attachments are not yet fitted with 

 agitators to prevent the Nitrate from " bridging." Every 

 sugar-beet grower understands what the meaning of this is. 



A. H. DANIELSON. 



