CO-OPEKATIVE SOIL TEST EXPEEIMENTS FOR 



1894. 



Fertilizers, mixed at the Experiment Station, were sent to 

 twenty-seven farmers living in different sections of the State, 

 for Co-operative Soil Test Experiment on Corn. 



The ferilizers sent out consisted of 250 pounds of cotton 

 seed meal, and 250 pounds of acid phosphate. 



The land to be used for this experiment was two plots of 

 one-half acre each. 



Plot No. 1 was to receive all of the fertilizer. Plot No. 2, 

 no manure. 



The object of this experiment was to ascertain the great- 

 est quantity of corn that could be produced on a half acre 

 of land, with a given quantity of fertilizer, as compared with 

 a half acre unmanured. 



The following instructions were sent to each one of the 

 Co-operative Soil Test Experimenters : 



Break the land broad-cast. When ready to plant, lay-off 

 rows with a shovel plow. Each sack of fertilizer sent con- 

 tains 125 pounds. Scatter two sacks in the furrow and fol- 

 low with a scooter plow in order to mix thoroughly with the 

 soil. Drop the corn in the furrow and cover with a scooter. 

 When the corn is up, thin to one stalk in the hill. If the 

 land is not already in excellent condition, plow deep at first 

 plowing. All subsequent plowing should be done shallow 

 and with a heel scrape if possible. 



Some time in May scatter the other two sacks of fertilizers 

 broad-cast, and at this time plant a row of peas in each corn 

 middle. The planting of the peas and plowing in the fertil- 

 izer will be done at the same plowing. 



Keep a record of the time of planting, of the method of 

 cultivation and of the difference between the manured and 



