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At Ashland, Boone county, Mo., J. R. Martin had been using 

 a fertilizer containing 1.6 per cent of nitrogen, 8 per cent available 

 phosphoric acid and 2 per cent potash, one of the most common 

 brands of "complete" fertilizer on the market, at the rate of 200 

 pounds per acre. This was supplemented with 50 pounds sulphate 

 of potash per acre, with the following results : 



EXPERIMENT AT ASHLAND, MO. 



Here the addition of 50 pounds sulphate of potash, costing 

 $1.25, gave an increase of 10.6 bushels of corn. 



At Troy, Mo., Mr. H. H. Twellman conducted an experiment 

 in which the corn was graded and the stover was weighed, and ob- 

 tained some very interesting results. 



EXPERIMENT AT TROY, MO. 



This experiment illustrates very clearly a fact known to ex- 

 perimenters, but often overlooked — that when there is a lack of 

 plant food the vegetative part of the plant uses it at the expense of 

 the grain. A comparison of plat 2 with plat 3 shows that the bal- 

 ancing of the fertilizer produced an increase of 17.2 bushels of 

 sound corn with an increase of only 210 pounds of stalks. The corn 

 grower is interested in producing corn rather than stalks. 



Your President in his address urges you to select, breed and 



