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Show Helps for Peas and Beans. Peas and beans are checked in their early growth when grown on soils deficient In nitrogen and are benefited by applications of nitrogenous'" fertilizers. fer-tilizers. Sodium nitrate is better adapted to top-dressing than ammonium ammo-nium sulphate on account of Its quick action. Sodium nitrate Is easily washed into the subsoil, whereas the ammonium sulphate Is more firmly held in the soil. The continued application ap-plication of sodium nitrate tends to form crusts on the soil. |