lO MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9I3. 



decide to increase this experiment. If this increase is agreeable 

 to you I will have sent to you the fertilizer necessary, also in- 

 structions as to how we would like to have this used. If the 

 experiment cannot be increased I will send you the necessary 

 fertilizer for the two plots where we had the experiment this 

 3^ear." 



October 11 the company was written: 



"Mr. Yoden's letter of yesterday is at hand. I would be glad 

 if he would outline more in detail the experiments as he would 

 like to have them if we could increase the number of plots from 

 6 to 18." 



No reply was received to this letter and November i atten- 

 oion was again called to the letter of October 10. The follow- 

 ing letter was written in reply ; under date of November 2 : 



"In answer to your letter of November i v/ould say that I 

 would advise that you increase the number of plots to give a 

 more thorough trial of the fertilizer." The letter was signed by 

 Mr. McCrelHs, per Mr. Gooch. 



November 4 we wrote in reply declining to increase the num- 

 ber of plots but said "Kindly send at your convenience to the 

 Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, Monmouth, IMaine, a& 

 much of the fertilizer as you wish to have used on two twen- 

 tieth acre plots, one-twentieth to be planted to corn and the 

 other one-twentieth to be planted to potatoes." 



No reply was received to this letter and under date of April 

 II, 1912, they were again written to reviewing the whole cir- 

 cumstance, asking them to send the fertilizer, and stating: "If 

 I do not hear from you by April 20 I shall consider that we can 

 use the plots that have been reserved for this experiment for 

 other purposes and that you do not v/ish to continue the experi- 

 ment." 



This Avas the end of the correspondence with the company. 



The Experiment. 



The soil in the field selected for this experiment was medium' 

 light rocky loam from which all of the stones had been removed. 

 The subsoil was firm and compact and well retentive of moist- 

 ure. It had been in srrass and orchards for a number of years^ 



