BUEEAU OF AGEICtTLTURE. 411 



Buckner Farmers ' Club held a picnic in conjunction 

 with the Sunday school of that place, with some one hun- 

 dred and fifty people in attendance. 



Organization of "Boys' Corn Club," consisting of 

 seventeen members, all of which have kept an accurate 

 record to date with the exception of two. The boys 

 held club meetings for the purpose of studying methods 

 of com culture activities. The officers of this association 

 consisted of a President, Vice President and Secretary. 

 Two meetings of the club have been held to date, and 

 were conducted with the same dignity required by any 

 organized body. After the organization of the Farmers ' 

 Clubs, one of the first steps taken, and a very important 

 one for this county, was the discussion of "soil fertility" 

 and "fertilizers." 



After a study of the soil conditions in different sec- 

 tions of the county, I found a greater part of the soils 

 were deficient in humus, signifying a shortage of nitro- 

 gen, also a great deficiency in phosphorus, but all soils, 

 practically, contained an inexhaustible supply of potash. 

 Also the soils of the greater part of the county were 

 very strongly acid, showing a, deficiency of calcium car- 

 bonate, and the need of ground limestone rock to restore 

 their normality. 



"CoEN Demonsteations. " 



Knowing soil conditions by study and observations, 

 it was evident the best of results were not being obtained 

 on general field crops from the use of complete fertiliz- 

 ers. Therefore, I secured some thirty men to demon- 

 strate the use of 16% acid phosphate on corn, with a 

 total of about two hundred and ninety acres, and results 

 from these demonstrations show that complete fertilizers 

 are neither so economical nor conducive to permanent 

 fertility as acid phosphate. 



"COWPEA AND SOY BeaN DemONSTEATIONS. " 



While these two legumes have not been extensively 

 grown in this county, many farmers are growing them, 

 but have not appreciated the value of inoculation where 

 first time grown. 



