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from Kansas City stables, where they use prairie hay for feed ; but he 

 thinks we may overdo the use of stable manure, and thus get too much 

 top and not enough fruit growth. Dried blood is the most powerful 

 fertilizer we have, and is within the reach of all, at $21 per ton. 



Mr. Gilbert says he was asked to give the result of the use of 

 dried blood by the Armours, but replied fhat he was not ready to re- 

 port yet; thinks it is certainly worthy of further trial. He puts a. 

 spoonful around each plant after planting out, and sees marked eflFect. 



Mr. Murray has made his land entirely too rich with manure, and 

 gets all leaf growth ; thinks the remarks of Maj. Holsinger should be 

 remembered. Has never used commercial fertilizers, but has used 

 wood ashes, and thinks they are the best for fruit-trees. Wood ashes 

 are worth $8 per ton for our fruits. At our limekilns wood ashes and 

 lime can be had very cheaply, and they are very valuable, but we must 

 not forget that best of all manures — red clover. 



Mr. Goodman is satisfied that we are stepping the right road to 

 perfect a healthy growth of plants, trees and fruits. Science should 

 find out about these questions and give the results to the farmers and 

 fruit-growers. 



The time is coming when you can buy just the fertilizer you want 

 for special applications cheaper than you can haul the manure. 



'If this fertilizer is made correctly, the plant can lay hold of it at 

 once and appropriate it to its use immediately. Thus, when this mat- 

 ter is brouffht down to a correct basis, you can give the plant food for 

 leaf growth, or for the development of fruit buds, or for the perfec- 

 tion of the fruit itself, as the case may be. 



Dried blood should be applied sparingly for fear of waste of mate- 

 rial. The plant appropriates this manure at once, and it may be over- 

 done ; 400 to 600 lbs. per acre will give wonderful results on our straw- 

 berry beds. 



Ashes and lime from the lime-kilns, ground bone and salt, are all 

 good for fruits; notwithstanding the fact that science says salt is not a 

 fertilizer, it makes a wonderful difference in the results. 



Mr. Kobnett has a lot of large galvanized iron cans, which he 

 puts at the houses in Columbia for the people to put ashes in, and then 

 hauls the ashes to his orchards. 



President Evans uses phosphate, ground bone, dried blood and 

 wood ashes, and finds them cheaper than hauling manure. 



Mr. Nelson— Used 16 tons of salt on 52 acres of ground, and 

 never had such results before in his life. Thinks it the cheapest and 

 best fertilizer we can use on a piece of poor clay land ; broke it up 

 and sowed the salt on it until it was covered. Have samples of wheat 



