FIELD EXPERIMENTS IN 1905. 

 Chas. D. Woods and J. M. Barti^ett. 



The Station had about 40 acres in co-operative field experi- 

 ments in 1905. The mid-summer was too dry in the northern- 

 most part of the State for satisfactory experiments except with 

 potatoes. The inoculation experiments for legumes were fail- 

 ures because of the poor quality of the cultures used. As 

 Aroostook county was practically free from late potato blight, 

 spraying and dusting experiments for this fungus did not give 

 decisive results. The following experiments are here reported. 



Clark method of growing grass for hay, page 25. 



Soil inoculation for legumes, page 28. 



Fertilizer experiments with garden peas, page 30. 



Sal Bordeaux for potato blight, page 34. 



Cooperative experiments with alfalfa, page 35. 



Home mixed fertilizer experiments on potatoes, page 41. 



Clark Me;thod 01? Growing Grass T'or Hay. 



Mr. Clark of Higganum, Conn., has for several years practiced 

 intense cultivation for the production of hay with marked 

 success. His method has been quite generally published in 

 agricultural papers and this has led to the Station receiving 

 many inquiries from correspondents as to the adaptability of this 

 method to Maine conditions. Because of these inquiries the 

 Station undertook to handle two acres of land as nearly as 

 possible in accordance with Mr. Clark's published directions. 

 A worn piece of grass land on rather heavy clay loam was 

 selected for the purpose and plowed in the summer of 1903. 

 This was harrowed about every fortnight with the Clark double 

 action cutaway harrow. At the time the piece was plowed it 

 was hoped that the frequent harrowing would break down the 

 sod, and fine the soil so that a crop of winter rye could be grown. 

 The turf proved too stubborn, however, and the ground was left 



