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increase from lime alone is probably mainly due to the liberating of 

 the plant food supply of the soil, especially of the nitrogen in this 

 case, and it certainly will lie of interest to see how long this soil will 



Plate 5.— Corn Crop on Plats 6, 7 and 8, Hendersonville Field, 1910. 

 53.7, 37.1 and 22.9 Bushels Respectively. 



continue to produce as much as 35.7 bushels under this exhaustive 

 treatment. 



RESULTS ON THE BUNCOMBE TEST FARM. 



The Buncombe Farm, which contains some 300 acres, is owned 

 and operated by the State Department of Agriculture. It includes a 

 large section of the Swannanoa valley land, which is very typical 

 Toxaway loam, and considerable tillable upland which is representa- 

 tive of the Porter's loam. Fertilizer results on this farm should be 

 applicable to extensive areas in practically all of the mountain coun- 

 ties of the State. Both of the types on this farm correspond very 

 closely with the descriptions previously given in this bulletin. The 

 Buncombe Test Farm was purchased by the State in 1908. Mr. R. 

 W. Collett has had supervision of this farm since it came into posses- 

 sion of the State, and the accuracy of the results herein reported is 

 due largely to the careful attention he has given the field work. 



TOXAWAY LOAIM. 



Field "A" was established in 1908, but the 1909 crop on most of 

 the idats was destroyed by excessive floods, so only 2 years' yields 

 are given. The soil is typical Toxaway loam. This field consists of 

 one series of 18 plats, which originally were one-fifteenth acre in size, 

 but due to the lack of uniformity, it was found advisable to cut these 

 plats down to one twentieth acre. This field has been in corn each 



