Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-21


Louis, Missouri, and is commonly
known as the O-1O-2O mixture
with the trade name of Mime
sofa Special recommended for
peat soils only. Where phos-
plate was used alone it showed
very little material difference.
Potash showed little more but
where 700 lbs. of prepared fertili-
yer was used the total number Of
bushels per acre was 1922 of
which 264.8 was marketable with
37.4 bushels culls. On the check
plot on this same field where
no fertilizer was used the pro-
duction was 1872 bushels per
acre with 98.2 bushels market
able and 20 bushels culls. These
figures may not be exactly the
number of bushels produced on
the acre but the proportions are
correct. Therefore Strohkirch
Bros. in using commercial fertili-
ger this year with the price of
potatoes as they were, made a
very profitable investment.
On the Frank Rodenberger
farm at Bruno we established a
check plot on the high land on
soil commonly known as glacial
clay drift. On this field we used
the commercial fertilizer COM
monty known as the vegetable
grower, containing three parts of
nitrogen, eight parts of phos-
phate, and five parts of potash,
500 pounds of this mixture to
the acre. This showed pro-
duction of 223.6 bushels per acre
Of which 1895 bushels were
marketable and "a bushels culls.
On this farm we used 500 parts
of phosphate with a production
of 1888 bushels of which 1914
bushels were marketable and
34.4 bushels culls. While ON the
check plots where no fertilizer
was used the yield was 1872
bushels of which 1882 bushels
were marketable with "a bushels
culls. The complete fertilizer
on this place also showed an adj
vantage over the phosphate
alone and would according to this
demonstration prove that the
prepared mixture would be the
cheapest. The figures in this
case are figured the same as on
the Strohkirch Bros. farm. The
comparison of no fertilizer to
fertilizer would be correct while
the bushels may vary.
On the Louis Olsen farm at
Askov no figures as to the num-
Der of bushels on fertilized and
unfertilized fields are available.
However according to MI. Olsen,
where he had his fertilized po-
tatoes the summer frosts did not
affect them nearly as much as
the unfertilized potatoes. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Olson's figures the
yield was approximately three
times as much on the fortified
potatoes as on the unfertilized.
According to the above dem
onstrations commercial fertilizer
can be profitably used in Pine
county if properly applied. To
properly apply fertilizer to po-
tatoes a fertilizer attachment is
necessary which can be bought
very reasonably from any hard
ware dealer or any one handling
farm machinery In the county.
We recommend the prepared
fertilizer in preference to the
potash or phosphate alone. True
enough, farmers can mix phos-
phate and potash and the var
ious fertilizers but it is rather
hard unless he has mixing
machine. Commercial fertilizer
being a new thing in the, county
and not used extensively enough
so that it would pay any one far
mer to install a mixing machine,
therefore until thoroughly sold
on this, fertilizer we would rec
commend using the complete fer
tilizer.
Any one interested in these
demonstrations carried on by the
county extension service can
write to the County Agent at
Hinckley, Mimi, who will be glad
to give you any further informa-
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