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nure, and that complete fertilizers produce the best results, while an 



actual gain has been produced by nearly every application. 



"Potash has proved the most valuable of the single elements. 



The average net gain from the use of complete chemical manures for the 



six crop years is $60.51, and only $36.14 from the use of barn-yard 



manure, a difference of $24.37 in favor of the fertilizer, or more 'than 



enough to fertilize two acres at the rate at which it was applied on 



plot 9." 



1893. 



By S. C. Dayton, Basking Ridge, Somerset Co. Sixth Annual Re- 

 port, page 138. Potash seems to be the predominant element for 

 peaches. The net gain for five years from the use of complete 

 fertilizer was $508.40. 



"Potash seems to be the ruling fertilizing element for peaches, pro- 

 ducing more fruit and of better quality than any of the others. Lime 

 seems good for grass, but very poor for peaches." . . . "Of the 

 single fertilizing ingredients, potash still exerts the most favorable 

 influence." 



^ "Of the single elements, nitrate of soda has not increased the 

 yield; super-phosphate and potash, on plots 3 and 4, have both been 

 effective, though still decidedly in favor of the potash, the net increase 

 in yield on plot 4 being 276 baskets, or 62 8 per cent. 



"Of the single elements, potash has proved the most valuable." 

 NEW YORK (Cornell Station), 1894. 

 By L. H. Bailey. Bulletin No. 74. 



"I believe that the key-note to the proper fertilization of peach 



orchards is potash and phosphoric acid, and not nitrogen 



Tillage, with green manure crops at the end of the season, can be 

 relied upon to furnish the nitrogen in some instances." 



PEAS. 



GEORGIA. 1892. 



Bulletin No. 17, March, 1892. Soil — Red clay and clay subsoil. 



Conclusions: "That mixed minerals (phosphates and potash) 

 gave the most economical results." 



MAINE, 1891. 

 By W. Balentine. Annual Report, 1891, page 131. 



Summary — The experiment brings out strongly the facts: "2. That 

 phosphoric acid and potash are the most important fertilizings elements 

 for peas." 



