Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1912 — What Nitrate of Soda Will Do. [ARTICLE]

What Nitrate of Soda Will Do.

It is estimated by experts who have conducted experiments with nitrate of soda that under ordinary conditions 100 pounds per acre, applied to crops named below, will produce yields aa follows: Barley, 400; corn, 280; oats, 400; rye, 300; wheat, 300; potatoes, 3,000; hay, 1,000; cotton, 500; cabbage, 5,000; onions, 18,000; strawberries, 200 quarts; asparagus, 100 bunches; celery, 30 per cent; sugar beets, 4,000; beets, 4,000; sweet potatoes, 000.