TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING. 



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Mr. CuRTiss: You do not use any nitrogen? 



Mr. Repp: No. 



Mr. CuRTiss: You use a cover crop? 



Mr. Repp: No cover crop except weeds and leaves. 



Prof. Gulley : How long have you followed this sys- 

 tem of fertilizing crops? 



Mr. Repp : Twenty years. You mean using basic slag 

 and carbonate of lime? 



Prof. Gulley: Yes. 



Mr. Repp: We commenced about four years ago. 



Mr. Ives : Do you find any excess of wood produced by 

 this method ? I would like to know what your experience has 

 been with that. The point I am trying to draw out is whether 

 your wood grows as well as under other methods. 



Mr. Repp : More. It is more with the use of carbonate 

 of lime than it was before. 



Mr. Ives : It seems to me that it is very essential to 

 maintain a balance there, and I was wondering what the re- 

 sult was unless he was using some potash. 



Mr. Repp : I do not know. I haven't used it. The oth- 

 er fellow worries about that. I put potash on my orchards, 

 but we could not get any results. 



A Member: What is the best fertilizer to use on an or- 

 chard forty years old. 



Mr. Repp : I would use basic slag and lime, and spray 

 with pyrox. That is my treatment. 



A Member : How much lime do you put on to the acre ? 



Mr. Repp: About two tons. 



A Member: Is that fresh burned? 



Mr. Repp : Carbonate. 



A Member: Is that better than the burned? 



Mr. Repp : It is for me. I do not want any burned lime 

 on my farm. 



Prof. Gulley: What is the reason? 



Mr. Repp : On account of my soil. You do not want 

 any burned lime on gravelly or clay soil. 



Prof. Gulley: How deep is your soil? 



