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of potash. This would indicate also that the soils of like character in 

 the Blue Grass Region would be benefited by potash fertilizers, but 

 this actual trial can only demonstrate. 



*'There were last year legally on sale in this State forty-three 

 different brands of fertilizers containing less than 2 percent, of potash; 

 should we have applied any of these to our soil for corn, no marked 

 increased yield would have been apparent, not because the fertilizers 

 were worthless, but because they did not contain the potash necessary 

 for corn crop on our soil." 



MASSACHUSETTS (Hatch Station). 1892. 



Special Corn Fertilizer vs. A Fertilizer Containing a Larger Proportion of 

 Potash. Bulletin No. 18. April, 1892, page 90. 



"This experiment appears, then, to indicate the correctness of the 

 opinion that the so-called ^special corn fertilizers' contain the elements 

 of plant-food in unsuitable proportions for our common soils. There 

 is especially too much phosphoric acid and too little potash. 



"Farmers can, I believe, as a rule, do better than to buy them; 

 they should rather buy the materials needed and mix for themselves." 



NEW JERSEY. 1892. 



Fertilizers — Thirteenth Annual Report, page 27. 



"The increased yields from chemical manures alone and through- 

 out a series of years have been more satisfactory and profitable than 

 those from the use of natural manures. The most progressive and 

 prosperous truck and fruit farmers in this State are satisfied of this 

 fact and buy chemical manures only." 



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NEW YORK (Carnall Station). 1894. 



Orchards — By L. H. Bailey. Bulletin No. 72. 



"Potash is generally the most important element to be applied 

 directly to orchards, particularly after the trees have reached bearing 

 age. 



"Muriate of potash is perhaps the best and most reliable form in 

 which to supply potash at the present time. 



"Potash should undoubtedly be the leading factor in orchard fer- 

 tilizers, and nitrogen, as I have said, may be obtained mostly by means 

 of tillage and green crops." 



