'64 STRAWBERRIES— SUGA.R BEETS. 



By E. B. Voorhees, Bulletin No. 54. Summary of nisld experiihents 



for the years 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884 and 1885. 

 ;, ^'Each experiment was made upon sod ground on widely different 

 ^sections of the ^College Farm." ^<\.- 



Yield of Sorghum: **i. Without exception, under all the varying 

 conditions of soil and seasons, muriate of potash used alone has 

 noticeably increased the total weight of the sorghum crop. 



"2. Without exception, this increase each year has exceeded that 

 caused by phosphoric acid and nitrogen used either alone, or in 

 combination with each other." 



Yield of sugar: ^^. Without exception, this increase has ex- 

 ceeded that caused by a coni^ination of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and 

 •potash. , 



"The results secured from similar experiments on sorghum, at 

 Rio Grande, Cape May County, during 1885, 1886 and 1887, cor- 

 roborate the above statements in nearly every particular, and admit of 

 the conclusion th|t potash is the element which exerts the most 

 marked influence upon the yield of sorghum and upon the production 

 of sugar." 



STRAWBERRIES. 



GEORGIA. 1891. 



Prof. G. Speth, Horticulturist of The Station, in Bulletin 

 No.'i5, recommends a fertilizer for strawberries being composed of 

 acid phosphate, muriate of potash and cotton-seed meal, which would 

 show in an analysis 2.7 per cent, phosphoric acid, 15.5 per cent, potash 

 and 4 98 per cent, ammonia. This might be supplemented early in 

 spring with 200 lbs. nitrate of soda per acre. 



SUGAR BEETS. 



NEBRASKA, 1893. 



By H. H. Nicholson and T. L. Lyon. Bulletin No. 27. The largest 

 yield was obtained from the use of kainit, amounting to 5370 lbs. of 

 sugar per acre. The next largest was from a mixture of bone dust^ 

 kainit and nitrate of soda, amounting to 5067 lbs. of sugar per acre. 

 "The application of bone dust and kainit increases the sugar con- 

 tent and yield of beets." . 



1894. 



By H. H. Nicholson and E. E. Nicholson. Bulletin No. 36. The 



. experiments on the sugar beets reported for 1892 were continued 



;. and;, as before, the best results ^wr.ere.obtained from the use of kainit, 



which gave a yield of 3640 lbs, of sugar per acre. 



