1908. 
THE RURAL NEW-VOR KER. 
121 
A FERTILIZER TEST WITH CORN. 
Two years ago in cooperation with 
the Ohio Experiment Station, I con¬ 
ducted a very interesting fertilizer test 
on corn. The chemicals were put up 
by the station in proper amounts for the 
1-80 acre plots, of which there were 10 . 
The plots were arranged as shown in 
the table, which shows also the amount 
and kinds of fertilizer used, yield of ear 
corn in pounds, cost in cents of the fer¬ 
tilizers and the amounts of the profit or 
loss. There were four unfertilized 
check plots, 1, 4, 7 and 10, which were 
fairly uniform in yield. May 8 I ap¬ 
plied the chemicals by hand, in broad 
drills, and ran a wheel hoe, with rake 
teeth, along the drills to mix the fer¬ 
tilizer with the soil, and then planted 
the corn in hills 3x3$^ feet apart. The 
crows did a lot of damage, but I re¬ 
planted right away and managed to se¬ 
cure a fair stand. The corn was care¬ 
fully thinned to a uniform number of 
stalks to each hill, or failing in that, to 
an equal number in each plot. Each 
plot was one rod wide and two rods 
long, so contained four rows of 11 
hills each, which is rather thin planting. 
A day or two after planting there were 
several heavy showers, which may have 
washed out some of the soluble cliemi- 
their soil or do not know what fer¬ 
tilizers their land needs, should make a 
trial of the fertilizer test plot on either 
wheat or corn. w. E. d. 
Hillsboro, O. 
THE MAMMOTH BLACK TWIG APPLE. 
Experience here in central Ohio with 
Mammoth Black Twig apple, is some¬ 
what similar to that of Mr. Flournoy 
(page 39). The tree is a good, rather 
irregular grower, but very unproductive. 
The largest of the trees (grafted 
standard-high about 16 or 18 years ago ) 
is a charming sight in Spring; a perfect 
sheet of bloom; but the crop of apples 
is hardly a peck. There is undoubtedly 
a defect in the blossoms. From the ex¬ 
perience of some other persons with it, 
it would seem that the defect is in the 
stamens; but as no other apple tree 
stands near this one nothing can be said 
on that point. If the trees would bear, 
the fruit is pretty good, but not equal 
to Stavman Winesap, York Imperial 
and a number of other varieties. I have 
tried partial stripping of the bark in 
June, in the case of eight or 10 younger 
trees of the same variety, but without 
any benefit. These will be top-grafted 
and made to bear Stuart Golden, Stay- 
man or other choice varieties. r. j. b. 
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lowed by 1 plots 2 and 8 . The fact that 
the potash salt gave no result is very 
interesting. The reason, undoubtedly, is 
that our upland clay loams are well sup¬ 
plied with this chemical in an available 
form. On the other hand, the acid 
phosphate seems to be badly needed, as 
plots 2, 3, 6 , 8 and 9 show in their re¬ 
spective yields. Nitrate of soda seems 
to have benefited plots 6 , 8 and 9, but 
this is somewhat uncertain. To be ap¬ 
plied before planting, nitrogen should 
be in a less readily soluble form, to pre¬ 
vent loss by heavy rains, so that this ex¬ 
periment is not conclusive in regard to 
nitrogen. On our upland clay loams, at 
least, potash may be dispensed with al¬ 
together. Acid phosphate has always 
given good results here on both wheat 
and corn, and has in each case yielded a 
good profit. The soil on which this 
test was made is on top of a hill, and is 
rather poor, as the yield of 17 bushels 
per acre indicates, but the planting was 
rather thin, and the stand was injured 
by the crows. Of course I do not claim 
that the data given in the table is re¬ 
liable enough to figure the profit per 
acre on 20 or more acres, and for differ¬ 
ent amounts of fertilizers, or for dif¬ 
ferent seasons, but I do claim that such 
a test is far more reliable as an indicator 
of the elements of fertility needed on 
your land than the most careful chemi¬ 
cal analysis. Such test plots require 
some care and attention, but they cost 
you very little. The cost of the material 
used in the above test was less than 25 
cents, but you must get the different 
chemicals separate so that you can apply 
them just as you wish. Those who 
think they need a chemical analysis of 
Too Many Apples.—I have no interest 
in (he Apple Consumers’ league; have 
more apples in our region than we know 
what to do with. Thousands of bushels 
went to waste on and under the trees, and 
other thousands of bushels are rotting in 
storage. Farmers lost much valuable time 
picking and storing apples Instead of har¬ 
vesting their corn crops, some of which, 
and nearly all the fodder, are still stand¬ 
ing In the fields. I believe in caring for 
our most valuable crops for which there 
is a home demand, instead of wasting our 
own help', and what fTTTlo we can hire, to 
save something for which there is no 
market within a thousand miles, and to 
get it there would cost about as much ps 
it would bring. Very few sprayers are 
used hereabouts. About the only interest 
in them is by the agents who are trying 
to stick some “greeny,” and the news¬ 
paper men who are making big money ad¬ 
vertising and pulling them. I doubt if 
many more orchards will be planted in any 
of the country hereabouts. Time was when 
we had a good market for apples and 
other fruit. Now it seems to make a dealer 
sick to offer him apples. lie will tell you 
as one did! the writer the other day, that 
about the only use lie could make of them 
was to feed his horses. w. t. s. 
R. N.-Y.—One trouble this year is that 
too many members of the League stopped 
talking apple last Fall when high prices 
were mentioned. The result was that con¬ 
sumers began to eat oranges. We should 
keep talking apple through thick and thin, 
high and low, and never stop. 
BETTER IIAY Til AX YOU 
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