The Republican journal., 1911-03-02

WelSneQ IL anu gov all average weight OIL
81 1-2 pounds per cubic foot, or exactly
A,sO0 pounds Per cord In row No. q I
strewed the manure in continuous
string along in the furrow, and it looked
like very small lot. Then placed the
seed in the manure, cut side down, and
covered the row by hand, as l did all
others. strewed the fertilizer in each
row, and then put the seed, cut side
down, in the fertilizer in all cases. The
strongest fertilizer will seldom rot a
whole seed, or even cut seed, if it is
placed skin side to the fertilizer.
In the tests the potash used was all
sulphate as the muriate of potash is
generally considered too salt for pota-
toes.
Bbls per
Plot acre
No. l, nit soda lb bone meal lbs; potash
l lb; lime l lb; no scab. 46t
2, nit soda II ID; bone meal q lbs; pot
ash Il lbs; 8 scabby ...................... III
8, nit. soda lib; tankage 2 lbs; potash
Id; lime lb; scabby.. SCI
i" 4, nit. soda lb; tankage lbs; potash
l ID; 3 scabby ..............................4 at
5, nit. soda l ID; bone meal lbs; ashes
2 lbs Observation-Disclosures. AL
6, nit. soda lb; tankage lbs; ashes 2
lbs................ ......................... 374
Z, nit. soda lib; tankage lbs; ashes
Id; lime Observation-Disclosures. IS
8, nit. soda Il lbs; acid phosphate d
lbs; potash Il lbs; rotten pota-
toes; scabby .......................... 914
9, nit. soda II lbs; acid phosphate 81 lbs 70
,;t 10 lho.v lhc
I" II, nit soda lbs; only 20 hills lived. 8
IL, potash 323
Is, acid phosphate lbs. .................... ~
IA, acid phosphate 81 lbs; potash II lbs. 81
Is, tankage lbs 37a
Is, ashes S lbs; scabby potatoes......... 334a
II, bone meal S lbs. ............,.......... 52i
IS, salt lbs; only IL hills grew 5
10, lime lbs; about 20 "a lbs) scabby.... S2a
20, lime lbs; ashes lbs; salt l Id;
scabby potatoes ........................ s71
q, commercial fertilizer 5 lbs; paris
green ! 10 Observation-Disclosures. U
%, commercial fertilizer lbs; salt ID;
30 hills grew. ............................... on
%, commercial fertilizer s lbs and for
maldehyde treatment; "a scabby... to
"a, commercial fertilizer lbs; blue Wit
rol / lb; 40 hills grew; rs scabby.... 30
l." 25 nit. soda II lbs; barn manure (2cords
per acre5 ............................. 664
grew; 6 scabby..............'............. se4
q, barn manure e cords per acre); 60
hills grew; So scabby. 57A
grew........................................7 sss
grew. .................. 500
80, commercial fertilizer 10 lbs; Sc hills
o4s
l mixed the ingredients about month
before thew were used. and when | came
to use them l found that Nos. 8, 10, II
and ID were baked together so hard they
could not have been run through potato
planter. The last three, Nos. %, 20 and
80, were to test the value of increasing
the amount of fertilizer per acre. We
have an idea up here that IL ton is as
good as more. sprayed only twice with
bordeaux mixture, covering the expert
mental plots at the same time, and
cultivated them as part of my field
crop. went over these plots each Sun
day and noted down their appearance,
especially as to size and color of tops.
Some rows spread wide and some tended
to reach high without much spreading,
and the whole were interesting and in
structive, but much of my data would
not make interesting reading for the
general public, but l never review the
above list without picking up new idea.
C. S. GRIFFIN.
Kingman, Me.