36 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



We have heard some about manure this afternoon. There is no such 

 thing as running a farm without commercial fertiHzers. A general farm 

 cannot produce enough manure to take care of all the land. Two years 

 ago we had two large Spy trees that looked half dead. We used manure 

 on these trees trenching it in. Mr. Pickford suggested that he plow 

 two furrows each side, put the manure in, and then plow the ground 

 back over it. The difference is readily seen today. Thej'- are full of 

 fruit buds for next year, although they have not borne for twelve years. 



I believe the next five years is going to show an increase in the growing 

 of alfalfa in the orchard. Mr. Hawley states this topic is coming up 

 for consideration at a later session so I will leave the matter until that 

 time. 



RESULTS OF ORCHARD FERTILIZATION DEMONSTRATIONS 

 OF HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENTS IN 

 VAN BUREN COUNTY. 



W. C. ECKARD, COUNTY AGENT, PAW PAW. 



Notes on Fertilizer Demonstration on Apples at farm of M. S. Russell' 



Bangor, 1920-1921. 



CROP OF 1921 IS GIVEN. 



Comparing the average yield per tree of check rows 1 and 4 with the 

 average j'ield per tree of rows 2 and 3 which received for two years, five 

 pounds of nitrate of soda per tree per year or 38 cents worth during the 

 two years, with nitrate of soda at S76.00 per ton, we find S6.10 worth of 

 apples per tree more from the fertilized trees than from the unfertilized, 

 when the apples are valued at $1.00 per bushel, at the cost of 38 cents 

 per tree. In other words, 38 cents expended on nitrate of soda returned 

 $5.72 per tree above the cost of the material. 



Comparing the average yield of check rows 4 and 7 with yield of rows 

 5 and 6 which received during the two 3'ears, 10 pounds of nitrate of 

 soda and 20 pounds of acid phosphate per tree at a cost of 63 cents, we 

 find that the increase in yield at $1.00 per bushel brought $3.20 per tree 

 or $2.57 per tree less the cost of the fertilizer. 



Comparing check row 7 with rows 8 and 9 which, during the two years, 

 received 77 cents worth of nitrate of soda, acid phosphate and muriate 

 of potash per tree, we find the increase in yield when sold at $1.00 per 

 bushel returned $3.60 per tree or $2.83 per tree less the cost of the ferti- 

 lizer. 



