J 34 Bulletin 189. 



The third year (1900), in order to liave all conditions as nearly 

 perfect as possible, the Department made arrangements to control a 

 one-acre plat of strawberries in three different localities. With this 

 area it was possible to have larger tests and to control cultivation. 

 These plats are given as tables 9 to 11, inclusive. 



EXPEEIMENT No. 1 (1897). 

 J. K. PROSSER, Oswego. 



SOIL GRAVELLY LOAM, TWO TEARS FROM MEADOW. SEASON FAIRLY DRY. 



Plat I. 200 lbs. wood ashes. Yield, 5,891 quarts. 



Plat XL 400 lbs. wood ashes. Yield, 6,535 quarts. 



(Plat II shows a gain of 611 quarts over Plat I. This at 5 cents 

 per quart is an increase of $32.20, at an expenditure of $1). 



Plat III. 300 lbs. muriate potash. Yield, 6,601 quarts. 



Plat lY. 600 lbs. muriate potash. Yield, 7,393 quarts. 



Plat Y. 900 lbs. muriate potash. Yield, 8,383 quarts. 



(Plat Y shows, in comparison with Plat III a money gain of 

 $89.10 at 5 cents per quart, for an outlay of $12.50.) 



EXPERIMENT No. 2 (1897). 



J. B. CHURCHILL, Scriba. 

 SOIL GRAVELLY GARDEN. SEASON FAIRLY DRY. 



Plat I. 500 lbs. dissolved rock. Yield, 6,227 quarts. 



Plat II. 1,000 lbs. dissolved rock. Yield, 7,322 quarts. 



(Plat II shows a gain of 1,095 quarts. At an- expense of $10, an 

 added value of $51.75 was secured.) 



Plat III. 500 lbs. muriate potash. Yield, 6,909 quarts. 



Plat lY. 250 lbs. nitrate soda. Yield, 6,289 quarts. 



Plat Y. 250 lbs. nmriate potash, 



250 lbs. nitrate soda. Yield, 7,001 quarts. 



(Gain with potash and muriate together 805 quarts. At 5 cents 

 per quart, $40.25.) 



