New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 79 
(7) Notes on experiment at Deer Park.— The experiment field 
at Deer Park was on C. W. Conklin’s farm. It was nearly square 
in form and contained two acres. No disease of any kind affected 
the vines and none of the pickles were gummy or withy. It was 
rumored that Mr. Conklin intended to pick pickles all winter. 
The vines were slightly injured by a light frost which occurred 
September 29, but were not finally killed by frost until October 17. 
THE EXPERIMENT AT MATTITUCK. 
(1) Preparation and planting.— This field, which contained 
two acres, scant, was on clover sod plowed June 9. On June 23 it 
was harrowed twice with a spading harrow and once more with a 
smoothing harrow just before planting. 
The seed (Early Cluster) was planted July 8 in level hills four 
feet apart in the row, the rows being five feet apart. A good 
many hills failed to come up. These were replanted July 16. 
One-half ton of fertilizer was applied in the hills at the time of 
planting. | 
(2) Cultwation and spraying.— The field was cultivated three 
times each way with an ordinary cultivator. The vines were 
sprayed five times with Bordeaux mixture as follows: July 22; 
August 1, 9 and 17; and September 1. 
(8) Yveld and value of the crop.— The first picking was made 
August 26. The yield from the two acres was 41,875 large 
pickles, 7,080 small ones and 8,525 nubs, making a total yield of 
57,480 merchantable pickles,’ which is at the rate of 28,470 per 
acre. The large ones were sold under contract at $1.25 per M., 
the smaller ones at $0.60 per M. and the nubs at $0.50 per barrel 
(775 nubs made a barrel). The total value of the crop was $60.44. 
The foreman of the salting house at Mattituck estimated that 
the average yield of unsprayed fields in that section was 40,000 
per acre. Hence, tlie sprayed field yielded 11,260 per acre less 
‘than unsprayed fields in the same locality. 
19 Besides 35,000 (estimated) nubs and-yellow pickles left on the field. 

