. How to make the garden pay [microform]. Gardening. '>\'' 38—How to Make the Garden Pay. growth of foliage at comparatively slight expense, and at a time when the product will bring the most money in market. Nitrate of soda contains about 16 or 17 percent, of nitrogen, but this in a most soluble form, so that it would not be safe to use it in large quantities at a time, for what is not at once converted into plant structure, will gradually sink through the soil as it would through a sieve, and be lost The most eco- nomical and most satisfactory method is the application of not over 100 lbs
. How to make the garden pay [microform]. Gardening. '>\'' 38—How to Make the Garden Pay. growth of foliage at comparatively slight expense, and at a time when the product will bring the most money in market. Nitrate of soda contains about 16 or 17 percent, of nitrogen, but this in a most soluble form, so that it would not be safe to use it in large quantities at a time, for what is not at once converted into plant structure, will gradually sink through the soil as it would through a sieve, and be lost The most eco- nomical and most satisfactory method is the application of not over 100 lbs. to 150 lbs. per acre repeated at intervals of about two weeks. If lumpy, it should be pounded fine before applying it. Scatter it over the ground when the foliage of plants is perfectly dry, as it is apt to scorch the leaves otherwise, or still better, apply just before or during a rain, when it will be dissolved and carried into the soil at once. Sprinkling over the land in solution is a safe but generally less convenient mode of applica- tion. It costs from $$0 to ;JI6o per ton, and can be obtained from the large fertilizer manufacturers. Sulphate of ammonia, a by-product of gas works, contains about 20 per cent, of nitrogen ; but this is in a more stable form, as it has to undergo the transformation into nitrate before being readily available. Its effect is naturally slower, but more lasting, and it can be larger quantities, or in single applications, without fear of loss. It may take the place of nitrate of soda during the warmer part of the season with gratifying results, and in combination with that salt at any time, the latter for immediate effect, the former as a more gradual source of supply. The price of sulphate of ammonia is a trifle higher than that of nitrate of soda. Undoubtedly we have in these two salts the cheapest forms of available nitrogen, and ready means to produce immediate and often astonishing results. I cannot refrain from repeating the
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