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Ques. Have you carried out any experiments in the line of 

 spreading the dressing immediately on the fields? My experi- 

 ence has been that there is, a good deal of washing on the frozen 

 ground in winter even when the ground is plowed in the fall. 



Ans. There have not been many experiments in that line in 

 New England. While there is some loss of plant food, yet the 

 loss is not usually so great under those conditions as it is when 

 stored around the barn unless there are very good conditions 

 for storing it. 



