The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-30

port, | shall claim your indulgence in
speaking of other fertilizers than the
Stockbridge, also the character of the
soil and manner of cultivation:
No. l.-Soil light and gravelly: barn
yard manure applied on the soil at the
rate of 20 loads to the acre. and plowed
in the spring. Rows three feet apart
each way. took 40 rows on which to
try different fertilizers.
Ten rows Stockbridge, Is bu. ears,
92 lbs. to bushel.
Ten rows Goes Supcrphosphate,
10 l-2 bu., 80 lbs. to bu.
Ten rows hen manure and plaster,
20 bu., 81 lbs. to bu.
Ten rows no manure, Is bu., 50 lbs
to bu.
Goes Supcrphosphate made the most
rapid growth, and heavier growth of
fodder, but the hen manure was the
best cared.
No. "A field of eight acres. This
field 80 years ago was sown with rye as
long as it would grow, and was then
turned to pasture, and for years produc-
ed moss, golden rod, and brakes. And
20 years ago it would take ten acres to
keep cow through the summer.
About ~ years since it was plowcd and
seeded, and part of it mas been plowcd
once since. The soil is sandy loan.
plowed il last fall, and spread manure
on six acres mt the rate Of ID two-horse
loads TO the acre, and thoroughly work
ed in with harrow and cultivator,
worked both ways; rows three feet
apart. On one end of this piece took
80 rows Qor EXPERIMENT.. 80 rods long.
Ten rows Stockbridgc, As l-2 bushels
ears (S2 pounds to bushcD, and G2
bushels shelled corn to the acre.
Ten rows no fertilizer, AZ bushels
ears (s2 pounds to busheD and CT 10
bushels shellcd corn to the acre.
Ten rows Goes Supcrphosphatc, 81
bushels ears (S2 lbs. TO bnshcD, and IS
bushels shclled corn to acre.
The Stockbridge and Coo fertilizers
were applied in the hill in equal values.
and worked in the soil with n hoe. ]
dould see no difference in the growth
of the 80 rows until after the first hoe
| ing; then Goes took the lead, and held
ii through the season, maturing some
ten days earlier than the other 20 rows.
The growth of fodder where the Coe
Supcrphosphate was applied was much
larger than the rest of the field: the
difference was so marked as to attract
the attention of every one who passed
the field during the season. am in
favor of using the Coc every time. and
shall continue to use il so long as they
give me a good article, If only TO have
my corn ten DAYS earlier.
ii. i. Dinsmorc reports rs follows:
No manure, l. - bushels shellcd
corn to acre.
Two hundred pounds phosphate in
hill, 81 80. % IA bushels sheled corn to
acre.
Two hundred pounds phosphate, cost.
ing $3.50, and four bags Siockbridge
costing 1922 .40-total S27 .2O--3l 3-s
bushels shelled corn to acre.
One hundred pounds phosphate and
stable manure, costing 1921 40, AZ II
bushels shelled corn to acre.
1t is hardly necessary to add that We
do not believe the Stockbridgc icrtii
Zcrs pay. From the certificates pub
lished by Messrs Bowkcr 4 Co., ant
from their representations that they
manufactured their fertilizers after Tho
Stockbridge formula, and believing tho
theory that different plants required
different food TO be correct, We boueh
quite literally of the Stockbridgc fcrtil
izer. We have not, however, usct
them blindly, and do not think we ar,
TO blame for being cheated once. Ii
farming, we have often to learn wisdom
by costly experience. | certainly d,
not believe it pays TO purchase fcrtili
zers for complete manure. 1t is bet
ter to buy bran and feed to our stock
and thus reap the double benefit of i'm
proving our stock and getting the very
best kind of fertilizer in soluble
form. | think it pays lis to use phos
phatc for corn in hills as stimulus
either Goes or Bradlcy's. Both hav,
been used here with uniform success
and it gives me pleasure TO say wor,
for them [C. Record and Farmer.