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Snap Beans. Food for 



Plsn ts 



The Beans were grown for pods, or what is known as 

 string beans. Two varieties were experimented with, Chal- 

 lenger black wax, and the Red Valentine. Seed were drilled 

 in with a machine. May loth, in rows two feet apart; on May 

 2 2d, lOO pounds of Nitrate of Soda were applied per acre, and 

 on the 27th, another application of 150 pounds were drilled 

 in. June 12th, an application of 50 pounds was drilled 



along the rows, followed by 100 pounds , 



. ^ .^ ^ Increase in 



June 19th ; in all 400 pounds of Nitrate ot ^ h R r 



Soda per acre. Half the field was not , ^ ,. 



/ • 1 XT- II r 1 ter Quality 



treated with Nitrate. In the case or the ^ , j 



LI 1 L L XT- J 1 J Resulted as 



black wax beans, the Nitrated land gave a n c • 



. , . ' J r X ° well as Saving 



crop 6 days in advance or the part not . ^. 



* . . . in 1 iiTie. 



treated with Nitrate, and the same gain 



was made by the Nitrated Valentine beans. The black wax 



beans treated with Nitrate produced 75 per cent, more 



marketable crop than the not Nitrated portion, and the 



Valentine variety 60 per cent. Taking into consideration 



the enhanced price due to earlier ripening, the average 



price of the Nitrated black wax beans averaged some 60 



percent, higher than the portion of the field not treated with 



Nitrate of Soda ; in like manner, the increased price of the 



Valentine beans was 45 per cent. 



Early Cabbage. 

 The cabbage plots were thoroughly worked up, and 

 planted to Henderson's Early Spring variety. Part of the 

 soil was treated with Nitrate of Soda at the rate of 575 

 pounds per acre, in five applications ranging j_. ^ 



from May ist to Tune 17th. The part of c ^c 



, , ■' J - I XT- ro J was Saved from 



the plot not treated with Nitrate or Soda was i- . , c -t 



^, ^ .,,,,. , , Total Failure, 



a total railure, but allowing the same number 



of plants as the fertilized portion, and also allowing for 



difference in price on account of later ripening, the crop on 



the portion not treated with Nitrate should a r\ n c 



, ^ , c ^ A Dollar Spent 



have returned a gross amount or i«2Q2.co. . m. , d 



o . -^ -^ in [Nitrate Ke- 



The Nitrated portion returned gross re- ■ ^^. ^^ 



ceipts of $720, from which deducting j^ jncrea'sed 



$19.50 for fertilizer and application of ^ 



same, we have $700.50 for Nitrate of Soda 



as compared with $292.50 without Nitrate, a net profit for 



