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years with what I could find available on the farm. Wood ashes, barn- 

 yard scrapping? mixed with acid phosphate applied among the bushes 

 and cultivated. I used this for a few years until the Pulverized Sheep 

 Manure came on the market. That appeared to me to be about the 

 thing. I mixed this pulverized sheep manure and acid phosphate pound 

 for pound, scattered it under the bushes four handfuls to the bush and 

 cultivated that in. That method was followed for several years alternat- 

 ing every three years by barnyard manure. I used this method up to 

 last year when not being able to get this pulverized sheep manure I 

 purchased the sulfate of Ammonia. I thought if it would be good for 

 other fruit it also would grow })erries. I therefore purchased that as 

 I said before and plotted one patch of a thousand bushes in six different 

 plots and using the following mixtures on the plots. 



Plot No. I. I used a mixture of two pounds of sulfate ammonia, three 

 of acid phosphate and three poimds of sheep manure which I had left 

 from previous years. 



Plot No. 2. Two pounds of sulfate, two of acid and two of bone meal. 



Plot No. 3. I used pound for pound. 



Plot No. 4. I used only sulfate of Ammonia. 



Plot No. 5. I used sulfate and acid phosphate. 



Plot No. 6. I used two pounds of sulfate of ammonia, three of phos- 

 phate and two of bone meal. 



My prospects were very promising but a late frost coming along and 

 getting my Downing Gooseberries left me a very light crop in the, 

 Downing. The Houghton being more hardy gave me a very good result 

 the best I have had in the growing of berries. Another patch which I 

 had used about the same methods except the Ammonia which I could 

 not procure but the results w'ere very different, practically 40% less 

 than on the first patch, therefore I attriliute that to the sulfate. 



The currants were treated practically along the same lines. They had 

 one application to my knowledge in the last ten years and that was fol- 

 lowed with nitrates in the way of hen manure scattered around the bushes 

 as I got them along. I got very good results. I expect to follow the 

 application of hen manure with the acid phosphate this next season. 

 I think the combination will be very good. I think the berries were 

 very good in quality and quantity. With the cap fruit I have had no 

 experience whatever in the Commercial fertilizer proposition. I think 

 this is all I have to say. 



(Applause) 



Chairman: I wish to announce the Resolution Committee, Mr. T. B. 

 Woodman, Robert Anderson and Geo. Friday. 



The following resolutions were adopted: 



1. Your Committee lealizing that the Horticultural Building, Labora- 

 tories equipment and cold storage, are inadequate to give efficient service 

 for Experiment Station work to meet the needs of the increasing fruit 

 interests, urges the officials to take such action as will meet the demands 

 along these lines. 



2. \\e wish to c.s|;ecially express our appreciation for the courtesj' 

 and hospitalit}' extended to our Society at its first meeting to be help 

 at the Michigan Agricultural College with especial mention of the Buffet 

 luncheon served by the Horticultural Club students and recommend that 

 consideration be given to hold other niretings at M. A. C. 



