42 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I912. 



purposes. Ben Davis orchard No. 2 was divided in the spring 

 of 1910 as follows : 

 Spraying experiments with fungi- 

 cides and insecticides 2.00 acres, (140 trees). 



Sheep pasturage experiment i.io 



Hog pasturage experiment 1. 10 



Sod plot. (Check) 0.71 



Organic fertilizer experiment 1.18 



Inorganic fertilizer experiment .... 1.04 



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Total 7.13 acres, (495 trees).** 



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Diagram of Experiments, Ben Davis Orchard No. 2, 1910-1911. 



Diagram. 



A. — Spraying experiments. B. — Sheep pasturage experiments. 

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 E. — Organic fertilizer experiment. F. — Inorganic fertilizer 



experiment. 



* The number of trees in this plot was later reduced to 37 by omitting 

 12 trees adjoining the organic fertilizer plot. 



**Tree acreage here given is less than that given in Table 11, p. 27> 

 owing to removal of 34 trees. 



