f October, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
1881 .] 
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Grass Seeds, and Fertilizers. No. 
1 Machine, price $30, sows 12 to 15 acres 
f er hour. No. 2 Machine, price $6, from 
to 6, sowing better and far more 
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VIOLIN OUTFITS. 
Consisting of Violin, Box, Bow 
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ST. PAUL, MINN. 
40 Bushels of Wheat (Fultz) per Acre on 19 Acres, 1180 JBush- 
els on 36 Acres, Grown with 
The Mapes Complete Manure. 
W. S. Combs, Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, reports April 20th, 1881: 
. “ Acres sown 36—19 of which was stubble, 17 stiff timothy sod—variety sown, Fultz Wheat—about two bushels per acre. 
Soil pretty stiff clay. Treatment 30 acres-500 pounds of the ‘MAPES COMPLETE MANURE FOR HEAVY 
SOILS’ ALONE. 6 acres dressed with stable manure, about 10 loads per acre, and 500 pounds of the same fertilizer. 
“Result: 1180 busbels 37 lbs. Wheat (62 lbs. to the bushel), and 45 tons straw when pressed. 
“ The weather dqring and for weeks after sowing was so exceedingly dry that the grain sown on the sod piece did not 
come up as evenly as on the stubble. About three weeks before the harvest the Army Worm entered the field and marched 
directly across it, stripping the leaves from the stalks and cutting off the smaller heads. The Army Worm did considerable 
damage. The yield from the 19 acres stubble was (estimate, the two plots not being measured separately) 40 bushels per 
acre. The wheat on the sod piece reduced the yield (on the whole piece) considerably. The grain from the two pieces 
was harvested together, and when threshed was accurately measured and weighed. 
“ Have sown the whole 36 acres again with wheat without application of any manure or fertilizer —also 14 acres adjoin¬ 
ing (50 acres in all), which had three bags per acre of the Mapes Potash Manure last year, but no fertilizer this season.” 
Note.— The crops of wheat In Mr. Combs’ section on equally good land last season, only in a few instances, exceeded 20 
bushels per acre with the customary manuring, and with the heaviest applications of stable manure in hut one case 
reached 28 bushels. 
For circulars on Complete Manures for each crop and price list send postal to 
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