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Food for is said about Nitrate of Soda is simply owing to the fact that 

 ^^^"^^ there is " no money in the trade." It is an article that every- 

 body can sell and consequently no one can afford to advertise 

 it. The manufacturers of so-called "complete fertilizers" pay 

 the agricultural papers large sums of money every year for 

 advertising, and consequently the editors do not like to 

 publish anything that might injure this trade. The real 

 friends of agriculture, however, will be pleased to know 

 that there was a decided increase in the demand for Nitrate 

 of Soda in this country the past spring. As soon as the 

 farmers demand it, the importers and dealers in fertilizers 

 will be glad to keep the Nitrate for sale, and sooner or later 

 will advertise it. In the meantime, if your agricultural paper 

 does not tell you about Nitrate of Soda and how to use it, 

 take a paper that keeps up with the science and practice of the age. 



^ ... r The Royal Agricultural Society of England 



Fertilizers for , ' j j • • i r -r 



,vrL have conaucted experiments with rertilizers 



Wheat. 1 r L 



on wheat tor over twenty years on the same 



land on the Duke of Bedford's estate at Woburn. The 



results are shown in the following table : 



. . , Yield per acre of wheat in bushel. 



Description of manures. ^gg^ ^^^^ ^gg^ ^gg^ ^gg^ ^gg^ ^gg^ ^ggg 



1. No manure 25 13 16 23 21 13 22 11 



2. Mineral manures (super- 

 phosphate and potash) 28 15 17 22 22 15 18 II 



3. Same as No. 2 and 275 

 lbs. Nitrate of Soda... 45 33 38 43 39 31 40 31 



^. It should not be forgotten that these are 



c, .p. T- _. the results with Nitrate of Soda on*wheat 

 Specihc rood r • 1 l 



„ ,VM grown year arter year continuously on the 



for Wheat. & i j 1 u ^v 



same land. In such conditions, unquestion- 

 ably more or less Nitrogen is lost, and consequently we do 

 not get as profitable results from its use as in ordinary 

 rotation on a well managed and properly cultivated farm. 

 One thing is absolutely proved, however, and that is that 

 wheat must have Nitrogen. 



T-. r» T^ Some interesting experiments were con- 



The Best Form , , , t» r tt \ n .l 



c ^,. p ducted by Frot. H. A. Huston, at the 



of Nitrogen for ,. , ^^ . . a • 1 1 V^ 

 ^. Furdue University Agricultural Experi- 



ment Station, at Lafayette, Indiana, during 

 the season of 1890-91, to determine the best torm of 

 Nitrogen for wheat. We quote what Professor Huston 



