90 CHARLES ANTHONY GOESSMANN 



(8) Both vetch and oats and soy beans make a valu- 

 able ensilage. Two parts, by weight, of corn and one 

 part of beans are desirable proportions. 



In 1890 Goessniann began to set out the above five 

 plats to fruit trees apples, pears, and peaches. 

 Plums were added in 1893, and in the autumn of that 

 year the plats were seeded to rye and grass. After that, 

 these plats were treated as an orchard. The experi- 

 ment was continued by Brooks, and eventually the 

 apple trees only were allowed to remain. The apple 

 trees are now full grown, and the experiment has 

 yielded valuable information which has been reported 

 by Brooks in the later reports of this Station. 



XV. Field experiments with tobacco in Massachusetts. 

 (Bulletin No. 47, Hatch Experiment Station, 1893- 

 1896.) 



These experiments were carried on in Hatfield, West- 

 field, and Agawam in co-operation with the so-called 

 Valley Tobacco Experiment Association. Expert to- 

 bacco-growers had special supervision of the experi- 

 ments in each of the three towns. Twelve plats, each 

 one-twentieth of an acre, which were laid out by a 

 representative of the Station, served for the trial. 

 Potassium oxide was applied at the rate of 300 

 pounds, available phosphoric acid 60 pounds, and 

 nitrogen 100 pounds to the acre. One-fourth of the 

 nitrogen was in the form of nitrate of soda and 

 potash. 



The crop was cut, housed, and stripped under expert 

 supervision. 



