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That one ton of fertilizer produces on the average 85 bushels of 

 wheat, 217 bushels of tomatoes, 46 sacks of peanuts, 2 bales of cotton, 125 

 bushels of corn, 130 bushels of snapbeans, 185 bushels of potatoes, 53 bushels 

 of soybeans, 1370 lbs. of tobacco, 8,000 lbs. of milk or 1,000 lbs. of beef? 

 These figures were obtained in two surveys conducted in 1928 and 1938 among 

 80,000 farmers. Each one was asked to estimate the yields with and without 

 fertilizer for one or tvro important crops. 



That low quality waste hay or grasses unsuitable for feeding pur- 

 poses are almost ideal for mulching purposes and provide an excellent sub- 

 stitute for fertilizer materials iwhich are now either scarce or una-^^ilable? 

 In some cases such mulching material may be had for the hauling. A recent 

 report tells of one town hauling many tons of hay from roadsides to the town 

 dump. Any nearby fruit grovrer might have had this material for the hauling. 



That strawberry yields are being greatly increased in Indiana by 

 irrigation? One grower harvested over 900 crates of U. S. No. 1 berries 

 from four acres under irrigation in the 1941 dry season. (ind. ave. 50 per A.) 



That thinning of Yiealthies even as late as mid-July will greatly 

 increase average size of fruit? A few years ago a heavily loaded YiTealthy 

 tree in the iJ.S.C. orchard was divided into three sections, one of which was 

 thinned July 5, one July 25, and one August 20. By harvest time, the apples 

 from each section had sized as follows: 



3" and up 2 3/4" - 3" 2|" - 2 5/4" 



July 5 20^ 34?? Z^% 



July 25 % \&f. 56% 



August 20 1% 5% ZA% 



That a lime distributor had been in use on a Sudbury farm for the 

 past 40 years. V/hen we visited this farm recently, we found the owner giving 

 it a thorough cleaning. He reported that it is still in perfect working 

 order. Apparently it pays to take care of farm machinery. 



That the life of spraying equipment may be considerably extended 

 by using plenty of oil and grease, keeping chains and V-belt in proper ad- 

 justment, flushing outfit v;ith clean water after each spraying, protecting 

 sprayer and hose from weather xvhen not in use, throwing tractor in and out 

 of gear with care, preventing hose from rubbing on wheels, and from kinking, 

 and by conserving accessories made of brass or aluminum? The reader can add 

 other "Dos" and "Donts." 



NOTES FROM NEV7 :IAI.'IPSIIIRE MEETING 



Following are threo items gleaned from the Journal of the N. H. 

 Horticultural Society covering the annual meeting of November 19, 1941. 

 ^^^ YiqI'^ , ^s_ /■^A^'^^^ '^, A", spr ay progr am. A. F. Yeager and C. R. Cross reported 

 on the yiefd of appl'e trees in the Univ. of N, II. orchard, some of which had 

 been sprayed continuously with Lime Sulfur and others v/ith Flotation Sulfur 

 during the past 7 years. The trees which received Flotation Sulfur had 

 yielded one to three bushels more per year than those which received Liine 

 Sulfur. (2) Coloring of frui t. M. B. Hoffman, in discussing the subject 



