Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. 1919. 



Table Showing the Results of Examination of Samples of Lime- 

 and Limestone Collected by the Inspectors in ipi8-ip. 



Name of . Maker 



Brand 



Calcium Oxide 

 Per Cent 



5308 American Agricultural Chemi- 

 cal Co Lime Plaster_._ 



543:1 Dominion Lime Company Pulverized Limestone. 



5401 Provincial Lime Company, Ltd. Pulverized Lime 



5233 Rockland & Rockport Lime 



Company !R. R. Land Lime.— _ 



5397 1 Smith & McDougai Agricultural Lime 



Pound 



27.00 

 54.40 

 53.44 



62.26 

 37.78 



Claimed 



32.95 



52.00. 

 00.00 



60.00 

 47.00 



Fertilizer Trouble Probably Due to Borax. 



About the middle of July both the Experiment Station and', 

 the State Department of Agriculture began to: receive com- 

 plaints from Aroostook County relative to the condition of the 

 potato crop in certain fields. These came from both the users, 

 and the makers of fertilizers. In consequence of these reports, 

 the Director and the Plant Pathologist of the Maine Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station and the Chief of the Bureau of In- 

 spections and the Chief of the Seed Improvement Bureau of 

 the State Department, made a io day tour of Aroostook County 

 studying the condition of" the potato fields. While the major 

 portion of the crop was in a very satisfactory condition, espe- 

 cially considering the unusually dry weather of June, large 

 acreages where certain makes of fertilizer had been used were 

 found to be in bad shape. On some fields the stand was almost 

 a complete failure, ranging from this up to a fairly good stand 

 of fairly good sized plants. 



From July on a large attention has been given to this very 

 serious matter by the State Department of Agriculture and the 

 Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. Much has been, 

 learned. But it was not felt that this, number of Official In- 

 spections should be held until the completed report could be 

 had. Greenhouse experiments are in progress. But results, 

 from them will not be had for weeks yet. It is planned to issue 

 another number of Official Inspections within the next few 

 weeks that will give all of the available information and the: 

 results of the investigation through harvest. 



