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Extensive experiments have been conducted for the past 

 seven years by the New York Experiment Station. The fol- 

 lowing table taken from bulletin 311 summarizes their results.^ 



Seven years of business experiments made on farms in 

 order to determine the actual profits from spraying under 

 farm conditions gave the following results:- — 



Average increase in yield, for six years, 43.8 bushels per acre. 

 Average net profit, for six years, $17.94 per acre. 



1 Stewart, F. C, and others, N.Y. (Geneva) Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 311, 

 p. 13, January, 1909. ^ /^^-^^ _ p 29. 



