Food for 

 Plants 



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The use of 400 pounds of Nitrate of Soda produced on 

 plot T a gain of I85.50 on a fertilizer and application cost 

 of 1 1 0.40 ; the use of 200 lbs. of Nitrate returned a similar 

 gain of 144.30 on a fertilizer and application cost of $5.20. 

 There is little difference between the per cent, of gain on 

 the two plots, but the evidence is conclusive that the heavier 

 application was very profitable. 



Table Beets 

 Grown on Ni- 

 trate were 

 Ready for Mar- 

 ket 16 Days 

 Ahead of Un- 

 fertilized Plots, 



produce mar 

 applied at the 

 cations. 



Table Beets. 



The crop must be forced to quick 

 growth in order to obtain tender, crisp 

 vegetables, always quickly salable and at 

 good prices. Nitrate of Soda was com- 

 pared with unfertilized soil, with the re- 

 sult that on the Nitrated plots, marketable 

 beets were pulled 56 days from seeding; 

 the unfertilized plot required 72 days to 

 ketable vegetables. Nitrate of Soda was 

 rate of 500 pounds per acre, in four appli- 



Beets. 



500 lbs. Nitrate of Soda to the acre, in 4 applications. 



No Nitrate. 



