:US BUSHELS PEB ACRE. 
Tin.' rirperinieot on Wu ground* of thv •• itural Now Yorker " wld^h most attruetetl iiio 
attention «< the pmelli iil Iftliuoi ■ vs ho wore pro»C 111 at, Mm digging, wiih 1111 oxperlment 
Unit w:m tried, not to ww ft i«n htiehehi could MIM til the neve, hut In lost the value 
ot the troildi system In ii iirur Iti iilwiiv, In coihrieetioii with the gtodtbrhlge 1‘otuto Manure 
AewrtUiiglv, one null an aere ol potato!’. wns planted mi the" Rurn! " plan, while in the 
700 ho si) i() contest there wie> only ooil-elghtll of an were planted, and that, too, on garden 
soli. Moreover, the seed uJoil lri Clio Tflh hutthcl contest tva; » very prolllTe variety, while 
iu Did pi’nclligli eonte~l tlie seed nseil iva* the J Pride of the N llUov," a kltM raised In Meiv 
•lerecy, <Vllle.lv w nil average vulture p’roduecB, 100 In lie bushels pel- neve. 
.lei-iymiui " writing to the ” Kurol " October lath, speaks n- follows eotireriilug tills 
priiiMlenl oaporiment “l *V«S iiHMCd In another experiment the • Rttntl ’ had Marled. 
This wns » nu n Hired hull Hire of potntomi put in ml the (renoh system or a« near to It iis 
hovso.powor eotihl jjiil. The llen-bec.llu hint evidently vlalKMj this licit!, anti el the judges 
measured l.lie yield (1(8 Ini.heU Ui the. lime, tttnl it was 0 poor pari lit the tlelil, loo. Oil this 
Held nothing hut STOCKBRIDOE .POTATO M ANURE hml lieim need. Tlihswtik 
put both :dmvc ami beiow the seed, it \VK. evident to me I'mm the weed, ami condition 
of llio roll tlmt this Held had nhuut the pnoreo hind of cultivation, 1 • ' YH. ifliyiip 
plying a Imayy dressing ol Stoekbrhlge tip’dll/er, cultivating the plant, on this treneli 
system, and giving no bettor cultivation than this Hold hud. tlm • Ktival ' lolhs.ettn got a 
measured yield ot nearly J00 bushels per aero, It Is time farther* looked Into this mutter." 
PolutooH mnko the he. I, pari ot their growth to «LMa duy. v they must grow ipilckly and 
I'ontlnuously to ho good, and a potato lertlll/.or, therefore. mind J«) an aettve one, con- 
tBlning plant-food ready to hot *iot only at the start, but gradually throughout 1 the season. 
The Mookhridge special Potato Manure eonihinen not only nil the element- mpdred for 
‘no average yield, hot supplies these eioiunnts tw forms heat suited to the potato orop ilhd 
potatotii! grown oh it are Imtiriitldy good, hetng fhw/oihtr and biocC trinity and fan. libel)/ 
to ml than tlwXr raine/l on tlnlih: manure. I’or fllllllev liit'ormatlnn addre ■ , 
BOWKER FERTILIZER CO., 
NEW YORK AND BOSTON. 
