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The trenches for planting were opened with a double mold- 

 board plow. Home-mixed fertilizer having the formula 4-12-4 

 and costing $26 per ton was sown in these trenches by hand at 

 the rate of 1,000 pounds per acre. Before planting, the fertilizer 

 was mixed with the soil by running through the trenches a 

 broad shovel attached to a one-horse cultivator. The seed 

 pieces were covered to a depth of 3 to 5 inches by means of the 

 same one-horse cultivator with side hoes attached. Afterward 

 the rows were levelled off by harrowing. 



Further cultivation consisted of two harrowings (one three 

 days before, and the other five days after, the plants came up), 

 one cross working with a Hallock weeder, one hand hoeing to 

 remove volunteer asparagus, and four cultivations (one deep, 

 three shallow) with a horse cultivator. The plants were not 

 hilled. The soil was of practically the same character as that 

 used in 1902, namely, a well-drained sandy loam containing some 

 gravel. 



preparation and application of the bordeaux mixture. 



Both at Geneva and at Riverhead the bordeaux mixture used 

 was of the i-to-8 formula the same as in 1902. At Geneva it 

 was applied with a knapsack sprayer and very thoroughly. 

 Again it was found almost impossible to spray the rows of Series 

 I and II without getting some of the mixture on the unsprayed 

 rows of Series III. 



At Riverhead, the rows in Series I (to be sprayed three times) 

 were sprayed with a horse machine carrying five Vermorel noz- 

 zles per row and applying the bordeaux at the rate of lOO gal- 

 lons per acre. The rows in Series II (to be sprayed every two 

 weeks) were given three sprayings with the same machine and 

 on the same dates as for Series I. The additional two sprayings 

 given Series II were made with a knapsack sprayer. 



