warm, sandy soil than in heavier and colder soils, so that Food for 

 the plants get the Nitrogen more quickly on the sandy soil ^"^^ 

 than on the other, and consequently grew better and pro- ^ 

 duced larger crops, l^ven on this soil, however, it is best 

 to use at least a small proportion of Nitrate. 



The subject of the best fertilizers for Sugor Beets 

 sugar beets has not had much attention as 

 yet in this country. One reason for this is that the beets 

 have been grown on "new soils" that were capable of pro- 

 ducing a good crop of beets without fertilizers, but the time 

 will very soon come when beet growers will have to use 

 some method of returning fertility to their soils, and it 

 would be a very good thing for every grower to experiment 

 with fertilizers to ascertain what his land requires. 



The manufacturers who buy the beets have thoroughly 

 impressed upon the growers that they should not use 

 Nitrogenous manures, as these are supposed to reduce the 

 percentage of sugar in the beets while they greatly increase 

 the quantity of beets raised per acre. It is undoubtedly 

 true that large quantities of manure or fertilizers containing 

 high percentages of Nitrogen ("ammonia") do have the 

 effect of producing large beets with but little more sugar in 

 them than is contained in a smaller beet grown without the 

 manure. But if the Nitrogen applied is in the right' form and 

 is not used in quantities out of proportion to the phos- 

 phoric acid and potash applied or existing in the soil, this 

 effect is not produced, while the yield of beets per acre is 

 greatly increased ; the percentage of sugar is not reduced, 

 but sometimes even increased. 



Bennettsville, S. C, R. F. D., April 22, 1903. 



Mr. William S. Myers, 



New York, N. Y. 



Dear Sir — 1 have used Nitrate of Soda for a number of 

 years; it has no equal as a "Top Dresser" for Cotton, Corn 

 and small Grain; I look upon it as a necessity. I use it to 

 Corn at the "Lay-By" ploughing and it assures a good crop 

 as a rule. I can't speak too highly of it. 



Yours verv trulv, 



B. E. MooRE. 



