NEW MINERAL FHRTILTZKR. 9 



acre instead of the two plots of one-tenth acre each, as origi- 

 nally planned. If there was not as much Mineral Fertilizer 

 .used as you desired upon the plots it seems to me that the fault 

 is entirely with you. We were ready to apply the fertilizer 

 in any amount which you furnished us.' As to your contention 

 that it is too' late to apply fertilizer at the present time, that is 

 absurd. Corn is just barely pushing through the ground and 

 had made practically no growth as yet. The same is true of the 

 potatoes. You will note that we are planning to add extra 

 fertilizer to the plots which were planted with chemical fertil- 

 izer and farm manure." 



No reply was received to this letter and on September 8 

 they were written that in the near future the crops would be 

 ready for harvesting, and that if they cared to send a represen- 

 tative I would be glad to arrange to be there with him. By 

 later correspondence it was arranged that the crops stay in the 

 field and that the representative of the company should be 

 present Wednesday, September 20, at the harvesting of the 

 potatoes and the corn. 



At the time when the representative of the New Mineral 

 Fertilizer Company was present at harvesting he said that in 

 his judgment altogether too little Mineral Fertilizer was used, 

 that while he recognized that the com.pany was at fault in this 

 matter it was through their misunderstanding, he supposed. 

 He had nothing to do with the planning of the experiments 

 'Originally, or the passing upon the experiment as outlined. 



It was arranged with him that the results of the present sea- 

 :son ( 191 1 ) should not be published, that we would repeat the ex- 

 periment on exactly the same land again on IQ12, that they were 

 to furnish what Mineral Fertilizer they wanted to be applied 

 ■either in the fall or in the spring as they deemed best. Under 

 date of October lo Mr. Yoden, representing the New England 

 Mineral Fertilizer Company wrote : "At the suggestion of Doc- 

 tor True I am going to ask you if it will be agreeable to you to 

 increase the number of plots in the Mineral Fertilizer experi- 

 ment. I would like to have you try the experiment on nine 

 plots of potatoes, and the same on corn. Some of these plots 

 we would like to be used with Mineral Fertilizer in connection 

 with stable manure. We Avill tell you just Avhat amount of 

 manure and fertilizer we would like to have vou use if vou 



