160 



The folloAving are among the conchisions made on the assumption 

 above referred to : 



(1) As regards the yiekl : When the ingredients Avere applied 

 singly the largest yield was with the phosplioric acid, the next largest 

 with the potash. ;ind the smallest with the nitrogen. Stable manure 

 gave less returns than the complete fertilizers containing full and 

 two-thirds rations of nitrogoi. 



(2) As regards the pecuniary profit or loss: Applied alone the 

 phosphoric acid and potash were profitaljle and the nitrogen unprofit- 

 able. The complete fertilizers were profitable in all cases except 

 those in which sulphate of anmionia, one-third ration, and dried 

 blood, one-third ration, were used with mixed minerals; those with 

 the full ration and with the two-thirds ration of sulphate of ammonia, 

 those with the full ration and two-thirds ration of dried blood, and 

 those with the two-thirds ration of nitrate of soda, were the most 

 profitable. Stable manure was also profitable. Attention is drawn 

 to the fact that the results of one season's work do not suffice for 

 broad generalization. 



A\ EST VIRGINIA. 



West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station. 



I>< IxniiiK itt of W'cxt Mri/iiiid I iiirrrsitj/. 

 Location, AIorLcnntowii. Dii-ector. John A. Myers. I'll. D. 



bulletin no. 4. marcil isss). 



The creajmeky ixdustry: its adaptability to West Virginia, 

 A. O. Maori DER. B. S. (pp. 89-121 ).— Attention is called to the 

 natural advantages possessed by this State, which are likely to make 

 the creamery industry successful. ^Fhe arable lands of a large part 

 of the State are very hill}' and cultivated with great difficulty. It 

 would be much more ecoiumiical to convert these steep hillsides into 

 pastures than to continue the attempt to raise wheat, corn, or hay on 

 them. The success of the comparatively few men in West Virginia 

 who have thus far adopted this plan of farming confirms this view. 

 To show the relative profitableness of dairying, the estimated value 

 of the product of 10 acres in wheat or corn for ten years is compared 

 with that from foui- cows kept on the same area during the same time. 

 The gross receipts for the Avheat crop in ten years are estimated to 

 be $2,280. and for the corn crop $2,ir>0. The four cows will have 

 produced in ten years butter, cheese, skim-milk, buttermilk, and 

 calves, to the value of $;i.]8r>. besides the manure, which would be a 

 large additional item. When wheat or corn is raised year after year, 

 the land steadily runs down and [)roduces less and less, while on the 

 other hand, dairying would enhance the productiveness of the farms 

 and give a hii-ger money return from the products of the milk. 



To show what plant is necessary for a creamery, the bulletin gives 

 " a complete list of apparatus of a creamery for manufacturing the 



