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MAMJRE 



Ext Gilt Used 



For vineyards studied around Girard, Pa,, only about 1 grov/er in 5 

 applied manure to his vineyard in 1928, (table 19,) Manure vms probably 

 more proj?itably used on potatoes, tomatoes, melons, asparagus, and other 

 cash crops which v/ere extensively grown oro^ond Girard, Cf all the areas 

 studied, on the average, the least manure but the most commercial fertilizer 

 was applied to Girard vineyards. 



Table 19, - Use of iikanuro on vineyards, by areas, 1928 







Percentage: 







Percentage of 







of grape : 



Quantity : 



Value ; 



manure ilisod 





, Vine- : 



. acreage : 



applied : 



per ; 



that was pro- 



Area ; 



. yards : 



studied : 



per acre : 



ton : 



duced on 





manured : 



; that was : 

 manured ; 



manured : 



at : 

 barn : 



farms studied 





iPercont: 



: Per cent : 



: Tpns ; 



; Dollars : 



Percent 



Hudson Valley, N.Y. ; 



: 60.0 : 



: 29.5 ; 



: 3.5 



: 5.28 ! 



[ 45.0 



Niagara County ,N.Y. 



: 55.0 



: 24.3 



: P.O ; 



; 2.51 ; 



: 100.0 



Chautauqua Co., N.Y, 



: 75,4 : 



: 22.6 



: 4.7 ; 



; 2.70 ; 



99.9 



Michigan : 



: 63.0 : 



21.5 



: 3.8 ; 



1.84 ; 



93.9 



North last, Pa. 



: 61.3 



: 15.5 



: 4.6 ; 



3.63 



: 100.0 



Finger Lakes, N.Y, 



: 65.5 ' 



: 13.6 



: 7.5 



; 1.76 ; 



: 96.9 



Arkansas (1929) 



: 43.6 



: 12.6 



: 4.6 



; 1.53 



: 68.9 



Girard, Pa. 



: 19.2 



: 10.3 



: 3.1 



: 2.14 



: 90.6 



Average 



\ 60,6 



: Ic3 .$ 



: 4.8 



: 2,48 



: 93.7 



For the year the study was roa^de, in Arkansas, 2 farmers in 5 applied 

 manure to their vineyards. In all areas, except Girard and Arkansas, a 

 majority of the growers applied man^ore to some part of their vineyards. On 

 %llo avera^gc for r.ll areas, about i acre out of 5 was manured during the year. 

 S*or CTory acre immured 2.4 acres v/ere fertilized. Niagara County vas the 

 0|ily m'mi studied v/horo the aores of vineyard manured exceeded the r.:mm 

 fertilised. 



Ttjo thirds of the grc-\vei*3 applying manure to their vineyards applied 

 manure each year for 5 years, (table 20.) ITsually only a part of the vine- 

 yard f^.s m^inured each year. Manure v;as usually loroduced on the farm vrhere 

 used. An exception in the Hudson Valley occurred v;hcre 6 of the 35 grov/erx 

 visited, purchased 2^1 tens of manure for vineyard use at a cost of $5.2:4 

 per ton. Pour grov/ors in Arkansas also bou§iht for vineyard use, 192 tons of 

 rrLanurc at ^95 per ton. In the other areas studied, ever 90 percent of the 

 manure used on grapes .:as produced on the farm where used» 



On the average, the value of manure at the barn was estimr.ted by the 

 growers at |2.48 per ton. (table 19.) Bolatively little riimure was produced 

 on most grape farms and for this reason was probably valued higher than it 

 would be on stock farms. 



