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Qatalo^oe of tl?e Joseph Harris $<^d Qompai^y. 
W^at is Nitrate of Soda ? 
Nitrate of Soda, or as it was formerly called “ Chili Salt¬ 
petre*’ or “Cubic Nitre,” is the teachings of decomposed 
sea weed and guano. There are vast beds of it on the 
west coast of' South America. Enormous quantities of 
it are used as afe tilizer in Europe. The great increase 
and prosperity of the beet sugar industry in Germany and 
France during the past dozen years are due to the use of 
nitrate of soda and superphosphate as a fertilizer for 
beets. And as soon as we learn its great value for this 
crop beets will be grown here in enormous quantities and 
we shall produce all our own sugar. 
Ob What Crops Should 
Nitrate be U sc d ? 
With the exception of Peas and Clover we do not know 
a crop that nitrate of soda, in connection with superphos¬ 
phates will not benefit. But the profit of using it depends 
on the price of the crop. Nitrate of soda knows nothing 
about market reports. It will make “pussley” grow just as 
well as its cousin, the Double Eose-flowered Portulacca. 
One is a weed and the seed of the other is worth at whole¬ 
sale $50 per lb. If you know what crops bring in the most 
money per acre those are the crops to which you can apply 
nitrate of soda and superphosphate with the greatest profit. 
On our own farm we feel confident that we use it with de¬ 
cided profit on apple, peach, and other fruit trees, and cer¬ 
tainly with decided advantage on Strawberries, Raspber- 
ries, Blackberries, Currants, Onions, Beets, Celery, Ruta¬ 
bagas, and on Early Cabbage and Cauliflowers. 
The nitrate and superphosphate may do just as much 
good on late cabbage but late cabbage do not bring as 
much per pound in market as early Cabbage. 
We used it last year on Oats, and if our customers, as 
we think they will, buy all we have at $1.00 per bushel, 
there is a nice little profit from its use. When Oats sell 
for $15 00 per ton, and oat straw for $3.00 per ton, you can¬ 
not afford to use nitrate of soda on oats. It will do just as 
much good as though the oats sold for $40 of $50 per ton, 
but it cannot do any more, and so it is with other crops. 
If an acre of wheat, without manure, yields 15 bushels per 
acre, nitrate of soda and superphosphate would probably 
double the crop and you would get 30 bushels per acre. 
If an acre of Onions produces 250 bushels, nitrate of soda 
and superphosphate would probab y double the crop, and 
you would get 500 bushels per acre. I f the wheat sells for 
$1.00 per bushel, you get $15.00, and the extra straw to pay 
for the manure. If the onions sell for 60 cents a bushel 
you have $150.00 with which to pay for the manure. With 
crops that bring higher prices the profit is still larger. 
Price of Nitrate of Soda for 
1889 . 
Owing to the great quantity of nitrate of soda used for 
sugar beets in Germany, and to the large crop of beets the 
past year and the advance in the price of sugar the demand 
for nitrate of soda is at present greater than the supply, 
and the price has advanced considerably, and is likely to 
advance still more. 
We sell nitrate of soda simply because we have found 
great benefit from its use and wish our friends and cus¬ 
tomers to try it, and not because of any profit there is in 
the business. Our prices are as follows: 
1 Bag Containing 10 pounds.$ 60 
1 “ “ 20 “ . 1 00 
1 “ “ 50 “ 2 25 
1 “ “ 100 “ 4 25 
1 “ “ 300 “ 11 00 
And any greater quantity at the same rate $11 01 per bag. 
These are net prices, we can make no discount. 
It is possible that the price may be lower i.i the spring 
and those who wish it by the ton will oblige us by writing 
for quotations. 
Directions for using will be sent with each bag. 
Price of Superphosphate of 
Lciipe. 
We use superphosphate largely on our own farm and the 
kind that we offer is the same as we use ourselves : 
1 Bag of 10 pounds.$ 40 
1 “ “ 25 “ 85 
1 “ “ 50 “ 150 
1 “ “ 200 I . 400 
3 “ “ 200 pounds each.■. 10 00 
10 “ “ 200 “ “ 2 ! 00 
20 “ “200 “ “ . 5000 
And any greater quantity at the same rate, or $25 per ton. 
This is a low price for such a superior article and we can 
make no discount. Send orders as early as possible. 
HARRIS’ PLANT PROTECTORS. 
This is an invention of our Mr. Harris. We have used 
them for ten years and should hardly know how to get 
along without them. Formerly we used square wooden 
boxes covered with cloth or glas3. The objection to them 
is that the box keeps the plants too. much in the shade and 
when you have done with them it takes a good deal of 
room to store them away. We now make them with cloth 
on two sides and on top, with a stretcher to keep them in 
place. The protectors can be made of any desired size. 
Those that we use are 15 to 16 inches square and 10 inches 
high, giving plenty of light to the plants. All that is 
necessary to fold them up is to take out the stretcher. 
We will send these Plant Protectors to any of our cus¬ 
tomers, by express or freight, for 20 cents each or $2.25 
per dozen, or any greater number at 18 cents each. 
Address, JOSEPH HARRIS SEED CO., 
Moreton Farm, Rochester, N. Y. 
