We have had good success with tomatoes fertilized in ^°°^ ^^^ 

 the following manner : before the plants are set out work ^" ^ 

 into the soil where they are to be planted a handful of a ^ 

 mixture of equal parts of Nitrate of Soda and superphos- 

 phate. Then, when the plants have started to grow, scatter 

 about a small tablespoonful of Nitrate around each plant. 



Experiments have been conducted under p , 

 the direction of the New Jersey Experi- 

 ment Station by Mr. Stephen C. Dayton, of Somerset 

 County, N. J., with fertilizers on peaches. The fertilizers 

 and manure have been applied everv year for six years, 

 during which time the trees have borne four crops. Their 

 first crop was in 1887. In 1888 and 1889 good crops were 

 secured, but in 1890 the crops were a total failure, as else- 

 where in the State; in 1891 there was a large crop harvested. 

 It was found that an application of 150 pounds Nitrate of 

 Soda, 350 pounds superphosphate, and 150 pounds muriate 

 of potash produced nearly as good results as twenty-two 

 horse loads of manure, costing nearly three times as much. 

 In 1 891 the trees that had Nitrate, in addition to super- 

 phosphate and potash, yielded 1 6 1 baskets per acre more than 

 w^here the superphosphate and potash were used alone. And 

 where the three were used together the yield was 342 

 baskets per acre more than where no manure or fertilizers 

 were used. 



By the use of Nitrate of Soda, superphosphate and 

 muriate of potash, an average clear net profit of over $75.00 

 per acre each year was secured. Where barn-yard manure 

 was used the average yearly profit was only S44.00. 



Mr. Robert B. Treat, of Centreville, Rhode Island, 

 wrote us February 24th, 1893, ^^ follows: 



** Up to 1 89 1 we had never received even a fair crop of peaches, but 

 that spring I applied Nitrate of Soda at the rate of 250 pounds to the acre. 

 The result was most gratifying. We raised more fruit that year than for 

 several years previously combined. By the use of Nitrate of Soda our 

 tomatoes yielded at the rate of 350 bushels per acre." 



An experiment with Nitrate of Soda on ^ u • 

 L- J jLivTTA/r Strawberries, 



strawberries was conducted by Mr. J. M. 



White, of Middlesex County, N. J., in 1891, under the 

 direction of the New Jersey Experiment Station. Phos- 

 phoric acid and potash were supplied when the plants were 



