Food for Early Peas. 



Plants 

 — — This crop was planted under same conditions and in 



like manner to the snap beans, 300 pounds of Nitrate of 



Soda were applied per acre, to the experiment plots. Two 



varieties were planted, early and late. The results were : 



Early. Late. 



Nitrate. Nothing. Nitrate. Nothing. 



Date planted April 15. April 15. May i. May i. 



First picking June 8. June 17. June 29. July 4. 



Gain to Market 7 days. 5 days. 



Period of bearing. 11 days. 8 days. 10 days. 6 days. 



Crop on first picking 55 p. ct. 40 p. ct. 57 p. ct. 38 p. ct. 



Total yield (p. ct.) 165 100 168 100 



The season was very unfavorable for this crop, yet the 

 results show that the Nitrate made a powerful effort to 

 offset this disadvantage. The earliness to market in this 

 case is as pronounced as in the other garden crops, and is 

 one of the most profitable factors in the use of Nitrate of 

 Soda. The lengthening of the bearing period is an added 

 advantage. 



Early Potatoes. 



Plowing was finished the second week in April, and 

 limed at the rate of 35 bushels per acre. Furrows were 

 opened three feet apart, and 750 pounds per acre of a 

 high-grade fertilizer worked into the rows. May ist the 

 potatoes were breaking ground, and 100 pounds of Nitrate 

 of Soda were applied per acre on the experiment plot. On 

 the I ith 200 pounds of Nitrate were applied, and on the 

 29th 150 pounds more were cultivated in with a horse-hoe. 

 The total Nitrate application per acre was 450 pounds. 

 The Nitrated plot was harvested July 6th, and retailed at 

 an average price of $1.60 per bushel; the plot not treated 

 with Nitrate was dug July 17th, eleven days later, and the 

 highest price obtained was 80 cents per bushel. The 

 Nitrated plot produced per acre 19 bushels unmarketable 

 tubers, the non-Nitrated plot 46 bushels. The total crop 

 marketable was 297 bushels for Nitrate, and 92 bushels for 

 non-Nitrated plot. Deducting the cost of Nitrate of Soda 

 and the expense of applying same, the Nitrated crop was 

 worth $463.30 per acre, while the non-Nitrated plot re- 

 turned only I69.00 per acre. For every dollar expended 

 for Nitrate of Soda, the crop increase gave $30.18 return. 



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