504 STATE BOAKD OF AGRICULTURE. 



CLASS 34-FLOUR, MEAL, AND FEED. 



Best flour, made of wliito wheat, Elliott & Benham, Jackson $5 00 



.Best flour, made of red wheat. A, B. Travis, Brandon 5 00 



Best sample boiled meal, Elliott & Benham, Jackson 2 00 



2d do.. K. M. Webster, Armada 100 



Best sample corn meal, C. Pedgham, Union City 2 00 



2d do., R. M. Webster, Armada 1 00 



Best sample ground feed, R. M. Webster, Armada 2 00 



2d do., Elliott & Benham, Jackson 1 00 



Best sample of buckwheat flour, R. M. Webster, Armada 2 00 



2d do., Elliott & Benham, Jackson 1 00 



Best sample rye flour, R. M. Webster, Armada 2 00 



2d do., Elfiott & Benham, Jackson. 1 00 



Best sample Graham flour, Elliott & Benham, Jackson 2 00 



2d do.. R. M. Webster, Armada 1 00 



Best sample oat meal, R. M. Webster, Armada 2 00 



2d do., Elliott & Benham, Jackson 1 00 



Best and largest display of flour, meal, and feed, R. M. Webster, Armada... 5 00 



2d do., Elliott & Benham, Jackson 3 00 



BYRON SUTHERLAND, 

 W. J. CANFIELD, 

 D. L. GARVER, 



Vieioing Committee. 



SPECIAL PREMIUM OFFERED BY MICHIGAN CARBON WORKS. 



Special premium offered by the Michigan Carbon Works of Detroit, for the pur- 

 pose of dieting trials of the difference in the yields of wheat on our Michigan 

 lands, as compared to tiie land on which there has been no application of the super- 

 phosphate. 

 Two acres of wheat with 400 pounds of phosphates, and two acres without, 



J. I). Perry, Redford, 1st... $75 00 



Albert Case, Manchester, 2d 50 00 



G. C. Gibbs, Big Beaver, 3d 35 00 



The special committee appointed to examine the entries and proofs submitted for 

 special premiums offered by the Michigan Carbon Works, would respectfully report: 



That there were 13 entries for these premiums. Of these but four presented any 

 proofs, and of these the proofs in one case were voluntarily withdrawn before your 

 eommittee were appointed, leaving but three entries and proofs for examination. 



Prom the fact that no evidence was submitted or referred as to nature of soil, pre- 

 vious condition of the land, cost of phosphates used, as compared with other fertil- 

 izers; and from the further fact that time of seeding, quantity of seed used, and 

 method of sowing varied in each case, the result obtained is not as valuable for prac- 

 tical purposes as it would be under different conditions. Still, it will probably meet 

 the end sought by the parties offering the premiums. To be of practical value to 

 farmers, experiments should be continued on the same lands for at least three years, 

 with proper rotation of crops, using on adjoining pieces of land for trial phosphates 

 or anj^ ordinary fertilizers as the other, with cost of each and comparison of results. 



Tour committee named awards as follows (all products determined by weight, 60 

 pounds to the bushel) : 

 1st premium, $75, to J. D.Perry, entry No. 3, Redford, Wayne county, Michigan; 



sown with drill Sept. 10; IJ bushels seed per acre. 



Bushels 

 per acre. 



Product with phosphate fertilizer 25 41-60 



Product without phosphate fertilizer 13 44-60 



Gain by use of fertilizer 12 37-60 



2d premium, $50, to Albert Case, entry No. 5, Manchester, Washtenaw county, 



Michigan; sown broadcast Sept. 26; \% bushels seed to acre. 



Bushels 

 per acre_ 



Broduot with phosphate fertilizer 18 30-60 



Eroducti without phosphate fertilizer 9 20-60 



<Saiii by use of fertilizer 9 10-60 



