Artichokes . , . 

 Asparagus .... 



Barley 



Beans 



Beets, garden . 

 Beets, sugar . . 



Benne 



Blackberry . . . 

 Buckwheat . . . 



Cabbage 



Cane, sugar . . 



Carrots 



Cassava 



Celery 



Corn 



Cotton .... 

 Cranberry . . . 

 Cucumbers . . . 



Currants 



Egg-plant 



Flax 



Hemp 



Hops 



Horseradish . . 



Lettuce 



Melons 



Fertilizer. 



Per acre. 



600 lbs, 

 500 

 500 

 700 

 400 

 1 ,000 



550 

 650 



300 



1,500 



750 

 500 



300 



700 



550 

 900 



600 



1,200 



550 

 2,000 



400 



800 

 1 ,000 



600 

 1,000 

 1,200 



Nitrogen 



in 

 Fertilizer. 



5 



Per cent. 



3 



4- 

 I 



z 



3 

 6 



5 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 3 



4 



2. 



2 

 2 



3 



3 



4 



3 



5-5 



3 



4 



5 



3 



Fertilizer. 



[Nitrogen Food for 



' in Plants 



Fertilizer. 



87 



Mustard 

 Oats . . 

 Onions 



Oranges 



5 



Peas 



Pineapples 



Potatoes, Irish. 

 Potatoes, sweet , 



Radishes 



Ramie 



Rape , 



Raspberry. . . 



Rhubarb 



Rice 



Spmach. j 1,200 



Squash 



Strawberry i , 500 



11,600 



00 



Sunflower 



Tobacco 600 



Tomatoes 1,200 



Trees, general. . . 600 

 Turnips 450 



||Wheat 400 



3 

 4 

 3 



3 



3-5 



4 



3 



2.5 



3 



xlrtificial fertilizers are used freely by the fruit growers 

 of California, and their use among the farmers is steadily 

 increasing. One reason why they are not used more 

 extensively is due to the fact that they have to be imported 

 into the State. It is also a fact that the total amount used 

 is only a small percentage of the amount that should be 

 used. Everv one will admit that the use of fertilizers in 

 this State is small compared with their use in Germany, for 

 in that country they are used more extensively than in any 

 other nation; yet Dr. Maercker, the Director of the 

 Government Agricultural Experiment Station at Halle, 

 Germany, says : "Just think! the consumption of potash 

 (in the fertilizers) alone in Germany must increase 700 per 

 cent before the normal demands of the lands and farms are 

 met and satisfied." (Arbeiter der Deutsches Landwirth- 

 schafts Gesellschaft Zusammengestellt von G. Siemssen, 

 Berlin, 1896.) 



