SEVENTY-FIRST ANNUAL 



THE NEW YORK STATE FAIR 



SYRACUSE 



Syracuse, K.Y. July 27, 1*11 



T .. I Du Pont De Kenoura Powder Co. , 

 90 Wast Street, 



New York City. 



Gentlemen:- 



I air, pleased to inform you that your Sub-Soiling 

 work has proven a great success. The oats are growing up very 

 nicely ar.d will be in full blooc by the tlne'the Fair opena. I 

 an having the roads built now so that people can walk over and 

 see what excellent work the Sub-Soiling is doing in the hard 

 clay eoil which you had to work with. 



The facts are that we were unable to grow anything 

 In the way of oats or any other thing until you improved the 

 land by the work as stated above ard I wish to say here that we 

 did not do any^fartllizlng, whatever, to this piece of land. 



I would be glad to recommend this to anyone, es- 

 pecially the farmers, to whom the use of this Sub-Soiling 

 process, to my Bind, will do wonders to improve their crops. 



Sincerely yours, 



ARP/8 



The photos of the crops on the undynamited and dynamited land, taken the same day, are 

 reproduced on the opposite page. 



LATER 



SEVENTY-SECOND ANNUAL 



THE NEW YORK STATE PAIR 



SYRACUSE 



U MA*. lOWVXLf 

 , E PT E MB E R 9T M -,4TH. 1912 - --0 



Syracuse, N. Y. . February 16th. 1912. 



I. I . Du Pont ds Kes'.ours Powder Co., 



Wilaington. Delaware. 

 CantlcEen:- 



Ir. reference to our talk with your 



representative, in regard to the aaount of oats taken 

 fron the land which was partly sub-soiled with dynamite, 

 ty your Cocpany. We would Bay that we ploughed up 

 between an acre and three quart ere to two acree. The 

 acre which was benefited ty the z ve forty 



to forty-five buebal* of oats, and the remaining acre 

 yisMci tncr.ty to twenty-five bushels. The extrene land 

 of the tr-o acres furthereat avcy frcn where jjub-eoil eterte* 

 was practically a total loss.. 



Sincerely youra, 



Corani as loner 



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