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njine the effect of that element, and also have a cheek to see 

 if any of them are doing any good. Now, on a check plot, 

 the first bearing year is small, 287 pints to the acre. The 

 .second year there are 1200 pints. On the fully fertilized 

 1790 pints the first year and the second year 6,100. 



Then if we leave out the potash, and to save your time 

 T will give you only the averages — against 3,945, if the pot- 

 ash is left out you have 1,400. If you leave the nitrogen out 

 you have 1,500. If you leave the phosphoric acid out, you 

 have 2,700. Now this is quite in harmony, I think with the 

 ivsults of your own experiment, station in regard to this 

 matter. 



This land is thin and porous, but we can take one out in 

 the Hudson River A^alley. This happens to be in New York, 

 but it is just beyond your line over on ]Miller Brother's land. 

 This land is prepared by heavy manuring and clovering, 

 and as you will see by some of the yields it is pretty good 

 land. He has an average here 4400 pints, but this is the first 

 bearing year of 1200 that enters into the average, but the 

 second bearing year he got 6753. Then the question arises, 

 is this thing profitable. 



Now the fertilizer situation, as you are aware, is quite 

 peculiar just now. Everybody says you cannot afford to 

 use potasli because it is so dear and phosphoric acid has more 

 than doubled in the last six or eight months, and, perhaps, 

 the same question may come up in regard to that, while ni- 

 trogen is 40 or 50 per cent, higher. Now, I calculated what 

 the value of a ton of potash was in these things, because that 

 is the thing that has advanced the most, and based on the 

 leturn — and we are only figuring these raspberries at a farm 

 v'lilue of 4c. a pint, so the farm value is not excessive. 



The ton value on ^Miller's is in the three years. $392, 

 jnd this last year $1008; that is, if he had paid $1008 a ton 

 ior the sulphate on there he would have come out even. On 

 the Montague place it works up to $1480. -They are charg- 

 ing $5. a unit for potash. I think that is about all I care to 

 take up your time in this connection. 



