1 \2 Ukvout of the F.otamht of rnB 



of yi(?J(l. Ucncr* the reKiilts as kIiowh should reprfKfnt approxi- 

 mately what can be done by spraying under favorable eonditions. 

 The fact that the area used as a ba«i8 was small, allowing fac- 

 tors of error to be exaggerated, lessens the value of the results 

 as a whole, therefore conclusions as to the value of spraying 

 should not bo based upon these alone. 



EXPERIMENT ON LONG ISLAND, 1800 1000. 



As the field, a portion of which was sprayed in the foil of 

 iSiiS.'was not uniform in growth in all its parts, another field 

 containing 15 rows, 408 feet long, set C feet apart, was selected. 

 The conditions and treatment of this field are as follows: The 

 field contains thirteen rows of Columbian White and tv/o rows 

 /)! Conover's Colossal, the whole having been set the spring of 

 1893. A new bed of Palmetto joins it on the north. The field is 

 on the terminal moraine, the soil being a sandy loam. High 

 grade fertilizers have been applied each >t-ar at a rate varying 

 between 1500 and 2000 lbs. Home seasons the whole of the 

 fertilizer was applied early in the spring after wliich the field 

 was either plowed shallow or goiie over with tli'; disc harrow. 

 Generally the last week in April two furrows are thrown to the 

 rows after which the "ridger" is started and run every Katur- 

 day throughout the cutting season. Before each ridging the 

 cultivator is usually run between the rows to loosen the soil. 

 At the close of the cutting season, usually July 1, the ridges are 

 plowed down and if all the fertilizer was not applied in the 

 spring the remainder is put on after "plowing down." During 

 the summer and fall growing season the field is cultivated every 

 week or two until the ground is cov(;n.'d by the growth of aspara- 

 gus tops. Usually the old tops are not removed until the fol- 

 lowing spring. 



The plan followed was: First, to determine the yielding capa- 

 city of each row of Ihe entire fi'l'] previous to spraying, by 

 weighing each cuffing; second, to spray fhe growth on r-iich 

 altf^rnate row during tlu; fall; and third, during the next season, 

 to weigh each cutting from each row as in the previous spring. 



