FERTILIZER EXPERIMENTS, 



The fertilizer experiments for the season of 1890 were irr. 

 part a continuation of similar work, which has been reported ow 

 before, and in part a new line of work, relating more especially 

 to the use of manures, prepared fertilizers, chemicals and ashes 

 on a crop of ensilage corn ; I am convinced that there is 

 room for a considerable saving in the purchase of plant food, as 

 well as a possibility of more economical uses of manures, and I 

 can only hope that the suggestions given, and the conclusions 

 drawn from the work, will be thoroughly tested by the farmers 

 of the State, for they are of use and value only as they are put 

 to the test on various soils and under existing conditions. 

 Unless tried they are of no value to those for whom the work 

 has been and is being done. 



*V" From those who have tested the merits of the combinations 

 first sent out from this College in 1S85, and not materially mod- 

 ified since that time, there is testimony that convinces me that 

 the general combination recommended for corn is substantially 

 what is required for our soils, and from Massachusetts and Ver- 

 mont I receive similar testimony, but while every new test adds 

 to the probability of the correctness of my position relative to 

 the need of vastly more potash than our fertilizer manufacturers 

 give us, yet farmers must in the end satisfy themselves by trial 

 on their own soil; and there is no possibility of loss resulting 

 from this trial with every probability of gain. 



