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Missouri Agricultural Report. 



FINANCIAL STATEMENT— 1906-7. 



Soil treatment. 



1906. 



1907. 



Value of 

 increase. 



Cost. 



Net 

 return. 



Value of 

 increase. 



Cost. 



Net 

 return. 



Cowpeas 



Cowpeas, lime 



Cowpeas, lime, phosphorus 



Cowpeas, lime, phosphorus, potassium 



$0.00 

 2.06 

 3.74 

 2.66 



$2.00 

 2.50 

 3.90 

 5.15 



— $2.00 



— .44 



— .16 



— 2.69 



52.17 

 4.55 

 5.74 

 6.05 



$2.00 

 2.50 

 3.90 

 5.15 



+ $ .17 

 + 2.05 

 + 1.84 

 + .90 



BASIS FOR CALCULATIONS. 



Corn, 35 cents per bushel. Cowpeas, $2.00 per acre. 



Lime— 2,000 pounds applied. Cost $4.00 every eighth year— 50 cents per year. 

 Phosphorus— 200 pounds bone applied 1905, 100 pounds 1906-7. Cost $1.40 per 100 pounds. 

 Potassium— 100 pounds. Potassium chloride applied 1905, 50 pounds 1906-7. Cost $2.50 

 per 100 pounds. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH WHEAT. 



Soil treatment. 



Plot 1. Cowpeas 



Plot 2. Cowpeas, lime 



Plot 3. No soil treatment 



Plot 4. Cowpeas, lime, phosphorus 



Plot 5. Cowpeas, lime, phosphorus, potassium 



Yield in bushels per acre. 



INCREASE DUE TO SOIL TREATMENTS. 



Soil treatment. 



Plot 1. Cowpeas 



Plot 2. Cowpeas, lime 



Plot 4. Cowpeas, lime, phosphorus 



Plot 5. Cowpeas, lime, phosphorus, potassium 



Bushels per acre. 



FINANCIAL STATEMENT— 1906-7. 



Soil treatment. 



1906. 



Cost of 

 treatm't. 



Value of 

 increase. 



Net 

 return. 



1907 . 



Cost of Valueof 

 treatm't. increase. 



Net 

 return. 



Cowpea treatment 



Cowpeas, linn- 



Cowpeas, lime, phosphorus. . . . 

 Cowpeas, lime, phos., potassium 



s-j no 

 2.50 

 5.30 

 8.00 



$4 . 69 

 5.67 



10.57 

 11.41 



+ $2.69 



+ :: l 



+ 5.27 



+ 3.41 



s-j on 

 •.'.511 

 : 90 

 5.15 



t .71 



;: _>J 

 7 07 

 8.12 



— $1 . 23 

 4- .72 



f 3 17 

 + 2 9. 



BASIS FOB CALCULATIONS. 



Wheat figured at 70 cents per bushel, lime al 50 cents per acre bone at Sl.40 per 100, 

 muriate of potash, (2.50 per 100. 



