1897.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 



REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURIST. 



WILLIAM P. BROOKS. 



Leading Results axd Conclusions based upon 

 THE Experiments outlined in the Report 

 OP the Agriculturist. 



Cabbages and Swedes. 



1. Soil-test work indicates that fertilizers for these crops 

 should be particularly rich in available phosphoric acid and 

 potash. 



2. The muriate of potash has been found a useful form in 

 which to supply the potash. 



3. The material used to supply phoaphoric acid in our 

 experiment was dissolved bone-black, but it is believed that 

 other available phosphoric acid fertilizers will be found 

 equally serviceable. 



Soy Beans. 



1. Soil-test work shows a very intimate connection be- 

 tween potash supply and the growth of this crop. 



2. The form in which potash has been supplied in soil 

 tests is the muriate, but other experiments indicate that the 

 sulphate is superior to this salt for beans. 



Corn. 



Soil Test with Corn. — A carefully conducted soil test 

 with corn in Norwell, Plymouth County, upon somewhat 

 exhausted soil, previously for many years in grass, shows 

 potash to be here the controlling element for this crop, as 

 in so many other [)Iaces. 



