l82 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



cent of lime which is in the slag". I had a tract of land, some 

 thirty acres, and half of it was fertilized with basic slag, and 

 the other with acid phosphate and lime. I am* getting just 

 as good a growth of trees and just as fine, where I used the 

 lime and acid phosphate as where I used the basic slag. 



President Rogers : Did you get just as good where 

 you left everything off? 



Mr. Hale: The two are pretty nearly equal. I would 

 not want that to go on record though. 



A Member: Could I ask Mr. Hale if he does not get 

 more for his money by using the slag than by using acid 

 phosphate and lime, since the slag contains lime? 



Mr. Hale: That may be true, but I have not figured 

 that out. 



Dr. Clinton : The Experiment Station has instituted 

 an experiment that does not cover tliat altogether, but tends 

 to look at the lime side of it. They have taken a plot of 

 ground and divided this up into different lots, where we 

 give them' one, two or three different essential fertilizers. 

 Then on three of those strips we are placing lime, and on 

 the lower end of all those strips we are giving blood fertili- 

 zer. I am interested in that because we are measuring every 

 tree in that plot, and we intend to keep account of the fruit, 

 and we are keeping a record of the troubles which come up 

 from time to time, in order to see if there is any relation 

 between the fertilizer, the yellows, or any of the other trou- 

 bles. This experiment is only two- years old, so we cannot 

 say anything of a definite character about it yet. It is on a 

 peach orchard, and the orchard will come into bearing this 

 year. 



President Rogers : A gentleman here wanted me to 

 call up Question No. 10: "Who has tried subsoiling an old 

 apple orchard with dynamite?" That is a pretty good ques- 

 tion. According to the Chairman's idea, there are a whole 

 lot of them that ought to be subsoiled with dynamite right 

 under the roots. 



A Member : Question No. 5, Mr. President. 



