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e manures; (2), wood ashes; (3), bones; (4), prepared muck; (5), marl; 
: (6), by keeping up a supply of organic matter in the soil. 
a DISCUSSION. 
4 Mr. Hitchcock: I would like to ask Mr. Snyder a question 
or two. Iam digging out some muck from amarsh. I would 
like to ask how it would do to mix tankage with the muck? 
Prof. Snyder: It will do very well if you only use asmall 
: amount. It must be used with a great deal of care. 
Mr. Hitchcock: I have been using a great deal of tankage. 
’ Where is the most available place to get sulphate of potash and 
: muriate. 
: Prof. Snyder: Ido not know in this state, It can be bought 
in New York. 
: Mr. Hitchcock: I know where to get it in New York, but 
the freight is too high. Have you ever had any experience in 
mixing tankage with the muck? 
Prof. Snyder: Not in this state under our conditions here. 
Mr. Hitchcock: What is the price of tankage now? 
Prof. Snyder: It used to be sold at $12.00, but it is now sold 
at $18.00 per ton. 
Mr. Pearce: Which is the best, the muriate or nitrate? 
. Prof. Snyder: The nitrate would be the the best,but it is too 
expensive. The muriate contains a much smaller amount of 
potash than the nitrate. 
Mr. Pearce: What would be the price of the nitrate? 
Prof. Snyder. It would cost us not less than $35 to $40 per 
ton. I doubt whether we could get it at that price. 
Mr. Pearce: What would the muriate cost? 
‘ Prof. Snyder: $10 to $15 less. 
Mr. Pearce: I want about three minutes to talk on a sub- 
ject of vast importance to every fruit grower in the state of 
Minnesota. I have experimented a good deal with fertilizers, 
and I know the good results of these fertilizers on fruit. If we 
are raising fruit, we can just as well double the amount per acre 
we are getting now and of the best quality. So far as ashes 
are concerned, there is no use in trying to gét what we want. 
The fertilizers we want and must have we must ship from New 
York. We want potash. Every fruit grower that is interested 
in fruit should be interested in this matter of increasing the 
quantity and quality of our fruit. We must buy our fertilizers 
by the quantity and get them at wholesale rates, and we must 
have them shipped by the carload. That means that we can 
