Wheat. Poo'i fo^ 



Plants 



From loo to 200 pounds of Nitrate of ^j^^^j Experi- '^^ 



Soda per acre should be broadcasted on ^^„_ • c„„ 

 t 11- merits in t,ng- 



wheat, as soon as the new growth shows in . . 



the spring. The results of such treatment 



are shown bv the following table of experiments made by 



three Knglish gentlemen. 



I. No Nitrate, 23 bu. 300 lbs. Nitrate, 33.5 bu. Gain 46 p. ct. 



II. " 15 " 100 " " 28 o " " 87 " 



III. " 34 " 300 " " 49.0 " " 44 " 



Another illustration is an experiment rQ^Q^iseed 

 made by the late Dr. Voelcker; 672 pounds ^^^j Qq^^^j.. 

 of cottonseed meal was used in comparison ^^j ^jjj^ Nitrate 

 with 275 pounds of Nitrate of Soda, with 

 the result that the latter gave a return of 46.75 bushels 

 per acre, a gain over the cottonseed meal of nearly 2^ per 

 cent. 



Barley. 



In an experiment at Woburn, made in behalf of the 

 Royal Agricultural Society of England, by the late Dr. 

 Voelcker, the following results were obtained : 



Mineral manures and sulphate ammonia 36.75 bushels per acre. 



Nitrate 275 lbs. and minerals 42.50 bushels per acre. 



Gain for Nitrate^ 16 per cent. 



Both the ammonia salts and the Nitrate used contained 

 the same amount of actual Nitrogen. Compared with 

 cottonseed meal, 124 lbs. of Nitrate of Soda gave 49.5 

 bushels barley per acre as to 37 bushels from 1,000 pounds 

 cottonseed meal applied the previous year. 



Oats. 



An authenticated experiment made by Mr. P. Dickson, 

 of Barnhill, Laurencekirk, N. B., gave a return from the 

 use of 1 1 2 pounds of Nitrate of Soda of 64 bushels per acre, 

 while the soil without Nitrate gave a crop of only 36 bushels. 

 Top dressings for oats vary with the soil, ranging from 75 

 pounds per acre on rich soils to 300 pounds on poor soils ; 



