Food for F 1 M h ^^^" closely estimated that in the crude 



Plants Wasteful Meth- j^^^j^^^g of 'soil exhaustion in farming the 

 82 ods by our Fio- ^.^j^ j^^^^ ^^ ^^^ Western States, for every 

 neer Farmers, p^^^^^^ ^f Nitrogen actually used to make a 

 wheat crop, four to five pounds are utterly wasted. It is to 

 be hoped that intelligent farmers will realize that it is 

 cheaper to increase the yields of their wheat fields by the 

 judicious use of 150 pounds of Nitrate of Soda per acre, 

 than to continue the present method of slow but certain 

 exhaustion of the soil. In other words, our pioneer agri- 

 culture has proceeded as though the fertility capital could 

 be forever drawn upon. 



The agricultural value of Nitrate ot Soda 

 r w 'Th has had the attention of the foremost agri- 

 "^^^ w/ nT cultural and scientific specialists of the world, 

 Over well AC- j^^j^^jj^ ^^^^ names as Dr. Paul Wagner 

 quamtedWith ^^^ professor Maercker, of Germany; 

 Large Uses ot ^^^^^ ^^^ Gilbert, Sir William Kookes, 

 Nitrate. ^^ Bernard Dyer, Dr. Voelcker and 



others, in England; Professors Cassarini, Migneaux, Cadoret, 

 and many others, in France; Professor Bernardo Giner 

 Alino, in Spain; and Drs. Voorhees, Wheeler, Brooks, 

 Thorne, Redding, Scovell, Stubbs, Patterson, Armsby, 

 Jenkins, and others, in this country. The results obtained 

 by these gentlemen may be summarized as follows : 



I. Nitrate of Soda acts very beneficially and with great 

 certainty upon all straw-growing plants. 



1. It is of special value for forcing the rapid develop- 

 ment and early maturity of most garden crops. 



3. It is of great importance in the production of sugar 

 beets, potatoes, hops, fodder crops, fibre plants, and tobacco. 



4. It is exceedingly valuable in developing and main- 

 taining meadow grass and pasture lands. 



5. In the early stages of development it produces 

 favorable results upon peas, vetches, lupines, and clover. 



6. It has been applied with much advantage to various 

 kinds of berries, bush fruits, vineyards, orchards and nursery 



stock. 



7. It provides the means in the hands of the farmer, 

 for stimulating his crops so that they may better withstand 

 the ravages of drought, or the onslaughts of plant diseases 

 or insect pests. 



