Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-03-02
PRINGLE'S REPORT.

To Mr.. CHADWICK,
Chairman of the executive committee OF the
Caledonia County Agricultural Society at st.
JOhnsbury, Vt.
The time has arrived when the members ofthe
executive committee were TO report to the soce-
ty from their respective towns, IN regard to the
trial of different Fertilizers offered for sale in
the county.
Several persons in this town have during the
past season tried Paddock, Dean S Cos side by
side with Bradley's of Boston, but not with
sufficient care to give definite results.
l would state that last spring | made propO-
sal to Mr.. Paddock and to Mr.. Bradley that on
condition of their furnishing quantity of PhOS-
phate for trial | would take pains to make some
experiments on different crops. Mr.. Paddock
made no reply, but Mr.. Bradley accepted my
offer on the condition that neither party should
furnish direct from their manufactures.
l therefore purchased several hundred pounds
of the P. d. & Co.'S phosphate from Hazen q
Brothers, Barnet, VT, also two barrels OF Brad
ley's, from F. Deming, Wells River, VT.
The land selected for this experiment was the
poorest on my farm, having been twice cropped
with buckwheat without manure divided the
piece into four lots for a corn crop follows:
No. l, well MANFRED with stable manure; No.
| 2, lightly manfred with stable manure; No. g.,
no stable manure; No. 4, neither manure or
| phosphate.
The first three lots had equal weights of phos-
phate in the following order: first, two rows, II
| pounds Bradley's phosphate each row; next two
rows, IA pounds P. D. & Cos each one, and so
| on alternately through the whole piece. Each
row had its phosphate weighed by Fairbanks
scales, kept in the field for the purpose.
As to the result, would say that all came up
| looking well except No. 4, which was small and
| yellow.
After ten days. noticed the Bradley rows
were getting ahead of the others, and at the sec
ond hoeing wonderful contrast could be seen
between Paddock's and Bradley's, SO much as
to attract the attention of persons on the high
way near by. l think the difference at this time
was fully one half in favor of Bradleys phos-
| phate, over that of Psddock's.
| About the first of July a most destructive
| hail storm nearly ruined the crops.
The first of September, harvested the oern
as follows, viz:
Bradley's rows, IS baskets
f RadS No.. !. 6 q
| Total from ga acre. 90
also made trial with piece of potatoes, with
similar results, the difference was however less
| than with the corn.
| On piece of turnips used in addition to the
phosphate 200 lbs. of Sea Fowl Guano. The re-
suit was as follows in regard to its value to the
| crops:
| Sea Fowl Fuano stands, No.
Bradley's Phosphate, '' No. 2
| Paddock, Dean & Cos &c Mo-
would add, that had | put in the phosphate
| by measure instead of weight The result would
have been more favorable to Mr.. Paddock, but
as their fertilizers are sold only by weight,
think it the only fair way to apply them to the
crops when on trial.
send copy of this report to each of the
parties interested.
Yours, &C.,
| A. B. PRINGLE.
Ryegate, VT. Jan. Is, 1869.
CHELSEA, Vt Oct. 26, 1868.
Mr.. w. L. BRADLEY
SIR:-Last spring l planted IL acres with
potatoes, the soil in the piece being all alike
On two acres | used two bbls. of your phosphate
in the hilton the balance of the piece, one and
one half acres, put 20 bushels of common wood
ashes. From the two acres manfred with phos-
phate, dug 500 bushels of potatoes, while the
one and one half acres which were dressed with
the ashes, yielded but lS5 bushels.
| Yours truly,
| ISAAC II. MERRILL.