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Menges, Menges Mills, York county, Pa.; John A. Spangler, Spring 

 Forge, York county, Fa., K. F. D. No. 2; Peter Menges, Iron Ore, 

 York county. Pa.; John Moul, Iron Ore, York county, Pa.; Ool. J. 

 A. Stahle, York, Pa., R. F. D. No. 1; M. L. Smith, Dover, York 

 county. Pa.; Howard Anderson, Stewartstown, York county, Pa.; 

 H. M. Anderson, New Park, York county. Pa. 



SOIL. TYPES. 



The demonstrations were made on the soil types most prevalent 

 in the southeastern section of the State. The soil of William Dietz, 

 of Hellam, is underlaid with the siluric Cambrian limestone and 

 is known as limestown soil and by the s'oil survey of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture as the Hagerstown loam. 



The sO'il of William Menges partakes of the limestown and of the 

 slaty soils, or it is formed from both, and therefore I suppose it 

 would be recognized as partly Plagerstowu loam and cecil loam. 



The soil of John Spangler lies geographically in the Hydro-Mica 

 schist formation and is locally known as slaty soil and by the United 

 States soil survey as cecil loam. 



The soil of Peter Menges belonges to the same formation as John 

 Spangler's except that it is finer and may therefore be classed as a 

 cecil clay loam. 



The soil of John E. Moul belongs geologically to the Potsdam 

 formation and locally known as stony soil and by the United States 

 soil survey as the porters stony loam. 



The soils of Col. J. A. Stable and M. L. Smith belong to the new 

 red sand stone and locally are known as red soils and by the United 

 States soil survey as the Pennsylvania loam. 



The soils of the farms of Mr. Howard Anderson, Stewartstown, 

 York county, and H. M. Anderson, belong geologically to the Eozoic 

 or dawn of life formation and are known locally as micacious loams 

 and by the United States soil survey as the Chester mica loam. 



WILLIAM DIETZ'S OPERATIONS. 



In 1904 the field on which the wheat under observation was raised 

 was in grass. In the fall and during the winter of 1904 and in the 

 spring of 1905 this field was manured and the manure plowed down 

 in the spring of 1905 and the field planted with corn. After the corn 

 was harvested the field was well cultivated — not plowed — and 

 sown with wheat and a very good yield was obtained in 190G. As 

 soon as possible after this crop of wheat was harvested this field 

 was again manured and the manure plowed down early in August. 

 Between the time of plowing and seeding, the field was harrowed 

 four times, and rolled three times or it had seven cultivations. The 

 wheat, the Rural New Yorker No. 6, was sown October 3, 190G, at 

 the rate of two bushels to the acre. A fertilizer containing ten per 

 cent, of phosphoric acid and two per cent, of potash was sown with 

 the wheat at the rate of 200 pounds per acre. The soil was in 

 elegant condition when the wheat was sown, the seed bed as fine as 

 a garden. The land slopes to the southeast. November the 7th, 

 the wheat was examined. At this time it had grown to a height of 

 from four to seven inches had stooled very little, only here and there 

 a tiller. This wheat was again examined April 15th, 1907. At this 

 time it had grown to a height of from 9 to 13 inches. The stools 



