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Food for certain circumstances we could employ other Nitrogenous manures with good 



Plants results ; but no one of them comes up to Nitrate of Soda in its effects. The 



44 conditions of the nutrition of plants are such that they give the preference to 



Nitrate as a Nitrogenous food, and with no other Nitrogenous food are they 



able to yield crops in anv way worthy to be named. 



"The conversion of ammonia into Nitrates is not completed in the soil 

 all at once, but is brought about by the growth and nourishment of small or- 

 ganisms, and this process requires a certain time ; I cannot say how long it 

 occupies, but some lapse of time always takes place before the last of the am- 

 monia in the soil is converted into Nitrate. But as the beet is quite unable 

 to consume ammonia, and can only live on Nitrate, it is, in my opinion, an 

 agricultural sin of omission not to place at its disposal at the outset the quantity 

 of Nitrogen necessary for its first development in the form of Nitrate of Soda. 

 "For this first development, which I repeat once more, must in the case 

 of the sugar beet proceed rapidly and healthily, / hold the application of 

 Nitrate of Soda in certain quantities to be quite indispensable ; so that it may 

 with truth be said that without Nitrate of Soda the profitable cultivation 

 of the sugar beet cannot at the present time be carried on at all.'''' 



This is the opinion of a man who has thoroughly 

 studied the raising of sugar beets for many years where it 

 is most successfully carried on. The conditions are prac- 

 tically the same in this country, and every grower should 

 realize the significance of the remark and acquaint himself 

 with the use of Nitrate on sugar beets. 



Nitrate should be used only in connection with super- 

 phosphate and potash, and should be appHed early in the 

 growth of the beet — as soon after they come up the better ; 

 200 to 300 pounds of Nitrate per acre is about the quantity 

 that should be used. About 300 pounds of superphosphate 

 and 100 pounds of sulphate of potash should be applied 

 per acre before sowing the seed. 



^, T~. The proper fertilization of these fruits is 



Plums, Prunes f ^ \ \ \ c c •v. ■ .u 



J . . very important. A lack or rertility in the 



and Apricots. •. • j . • . 1 . .u ' • a 



soil IS more detrimental to the sixe and 



quality of the fruit than to the quantity borne by the 



trees. This is especially true when there is an insufficient 



amount of Nitrogen in the soil. 



The following table shows the amount of Nitrogen, 



phosphoric acid and potash removed from an acre of ground 



by an average crop of the fruits named : 



Nitrogen. Phosphoric Potash. 



lbs. Acid. lbs. lbs. 



Grapes, crop of 10,000 lbs 17 if 5° 



Prunes, crop of 30,000 lbs 45 16 80 



Apricots, crop of 30,000 lbs 69 21 84 



