The records include all the items of cost of prepar- pf^ 01 * 



ing the land, fertilizing and seeding. This initial cost is 



relatively high, but since the expectation was to con- 97 

 tinue experimenting upon grass for a period of years, 

 the cost per annum of preparation, seeding and fertiliz- 

 ing is considerably lessened. 



Cost Per Acre of Preparing Upland and Lowland, 

 Seeding and Fertilizing. 



Cost per Acre. Total Cost per Acre. 



No. Times. Each Time Upland. Lowland. 



Plowing 1 $2.00 $2.00 $2.00 



Rolling 3 .20 .60 .60 



Pulverizing 8 .75 6.00 6.00 



Sowing seed one-half each way. . 2 .10 .20 .20 



20 qts. seed @ $2.60 per bu. . . - 1.62 1.62 1.62 



Dragging in seed... 1 .20 .20 .20 



Sowing fertilizers 4 .30 1.20 1.20 



2,000 lbs. stone-lime @ $6.50 per ton 6.50 6.50 



600 lbs. acid phosphate (14%) @ $14.00 per ton. 4 . 20 4 . 20 



200 lbs. sulphate of potash @ $50.00 per ton ... . 5.00 5 . 00 



540 lbs. Thomas phosphate @ $13.50 per ton. ... 3 . 65 



740 lbs. Thomas phosphate @ $13.50 per ton. . . . 5 . 00 



Total cost for a 6-year period $31.17 $32 . 52 



Cost for one year $5 . 19 $5 .42 



This cost of preparation, fertilizing and seeding, 

 which may seem relatively high to farmers who have not 

 been accustomed to so thoroughly prepare the soil or to 

 fertilize so heavily, is really not greater than seeding 

 actually costs when the object is to obtain only one crop. 

 The cost of plowing is the same in any case, and the 

 ordinary preparation, seeding and manuring or fertiliz- 

 ing will make the average cost of seeding nearly as high 

 as is here given for each acre per year. Many farmers 

 will also object to this heavy fertilization with minerals; 

 the answer to this is that if grass is to be seeded down for 

 a series of years, it would be folly not to supply an 

 abundance when it is possible to thoroughly distribute 

 them throughout the entire surface soil, so that the feed- 

 ing roots reaching everywhere in it may find food, hence 

 the heavy application when seeding down. Later appli 

 cations must be made upon the surface and can only 

 gradually work down into the lower layers. 



