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EXPERIMENTS WITH FERTILIZERS ON POTATOES, KENTUCKY EXPERIMENT 

 STATION. POTASH IS ESPECIALLY USEFUL FOR POTATOES. 



Per Acre 



No. 1 Blank 50.0 bushels 



No. 2 Nitrate of Soda, 160 Ibs 60.5 bushels 



No. 3 Acid phosphate, 140 Ibs 43.8 bushels 



No. 4 Muriate of potash, 160 Ibs 87.0 bushels 



No. 5 Blank 45.0 bushels 



No. 6 Nitrate of soda, 160 Ibs.; acid phosphate, 140 Ibs 59.3 bushels 



No. 7 Nitrate of soda, 160 Ibs.; muriate of potash, 160 Ibs 122.8 bushels 



No. 8 Acid phosphate, 140 Ibs.; muriate of potash, 160 Ibs 95.0 bushels 



No. 9 Nitrate of soda, 160 Ibs.; acid phosphate, 140 Ibs.; muriate of potash, 



160 Ibs 126.8 bushels 



No. 10 Land plaster, 1,000 Ibs 33.8 bushels 



