Annual report ..[bulletins and circulars] . lieved, that the soil on my farm didnot need the addition of either potash or nitrogen, or in otherwords it would not pay me to use them. now using plainphosphate alone on all my crops and am getting better resultsthan with the mixed goods. This will save me from fifty to onehundred dollars a year in the cost of purchased fertilizers, andwith better results. Field Experiments with Fertilizers, ;ii The results of my experiments have been given in the Grangeand club meetings and also published in the papers. Whetherthis had anything to do with the
Annual report ..[bulletins and circulars] . lieved, that the soil on my farm didnot need the addition of either potash or nitrogen, or in otherwords it would not pay me to use them. now using plainphosphate alone on all my crops and am getting better resultsthan with the mixed goods. This will save me from fifty to onehundred dollars a year in the cost of purchased fertilizers, andwith better results. Field Experiments with Fertilizers, ;ii The results of my experiments have been given in the Grangeand club meetings and also published in the papers. Whetherthis had anything to do with the case or not I dont know, but Ido know that of about forty tons used by our Grange this seasononly one ton used was other than plain phosphoric acid goods. Mr, A. O. Stewart, of Mariposa, N. Y., wrote as follows : Inmaking my report I wish to assure you that we have been greatlybenefited by the experimental work in many ways. We havelearned that the better preparation of the soil and good cultivationare the prime requisites of a good Plat (N) Plat (K) Plat (P) Plat (Blank) Nitrogen. Potash. Phos. Acid. No fertilizer. 64.—Potatoes harvested from four of the experimental plats of Mr. Hatch. In making these experiments the past three 3^ears we have,with the kindly help and suggestions of the Experiment Station,been able to determine what our soil requires, and now in buyingfertilizers we bu}^ only what our soil most needs, thus reducingthe cost of the fertilizer bought nearly 50 per cent. Several ofour neighbors have been interested in our experimental workand they requested me this last spring to purchase for them afertilizer containing only phosphoric acid. They claim that itgave them good results on all crops, equally as good as a com-plete fertilizer costing nearly twice as much, and this in alter-nate pieces and with the same cultivation. 312 Bulletin 179. From a letter of Mr. Chas. Vanderbilt, Alloway, N. Y., wequote, I am very glad that I undertook the fertilizer e
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