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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



to dissolve the elonients of plant food tliat are present. It is quite probable that the 

 crops in this experiment starved in the presence of an abundance of food simply 

 because of a lack of water. The same fertilizers with a sufficient supply of rain mij^ht, 

 and jtrobably would, have given very diiferont results. Certainly in this soil such 

 applications of fertilizers as were made here, ought to increase the yield over plots 

 where none was applied. 



TIIK K. C. KEED KXPERIMENT — LIVIXGSTOX COUNTT. 



10 

 11 

 12 



Fertilizers applied per acre. 



Xf( fertilizer 



Nitrate of soda 



Dissolved i)liosi)l)ate rock.. 



Muriate of potash 



Xo fertilizer 



1 Nitrate of soda 



j Dissolved [ihosphate rock. . 



I Xitrate of soda 



) Muriate of potash 



i Dissolved ])hosphate rock. 



I Muriate of potsish 



( Xitrate of soda 



' Dis<«olved iihosphate rock.. 

 ( Muriate of potash 



Coniinercial fertilizer 



Stable manure (20 loads). . . 



No fertilizer 



Pounds. 



Yields per acre. 



Tlireshed 

 beans. Lbs. 



120 

 240 

 120 



120 1 

 •_'10 ( 

 120 I 

 1-JO ) 

 240 I 

 120 

 120 

 240 

 120 

 480 



1,800 



2,080 



960 



920 



720 



800 

 080 

 800 



880 



1,280 

 1,000 

 1,200 



I'otatoes. 

 Lbs. 



1.400 

 1,«(K) 



1,680 

 2,200 

 2,l(i0 



1,(100 

 1,680 

 2,000 



2,040 



2,280 

 2,400 

 1,400 



Corn. 

 Lbs. 



300 



820 



1,100 



l,4.'j() 



i,cm 



880 

 2C0 

 140 



260 



280 

 540 

 280 



Sugar beet seed was sown on this field, but the cut worms destroyed the first sowing 

 and dry weather killed the second. The soil is light and rolling and readily blown by 

 the wind. The trial was very unsatisfactory and in no way indicated the needs of this 

 soil. 



L. B. WALTON EXPEKIMEXT — LAPEER COUNTY. 



Mr. Walton's land lies nicely for experimental work, it being a smooth tract sloping 

 but sliglitly to the north. Mr. Walton's farm has undergone severe cropping for a 

 number of years, though it is made up of that heavy loam soil that usually produces 

 profitable crops. 



As will be seen by the following table, Mr. Walton added a few plots to the experi- 

 ment as originally planned. Plots 10 and 14 received the same fertilizers, with the 

 adilition of a ton of air slaked lime to the acre on 14. Tiie treatment of the other 

 plots is indicated by the following table: 



