. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. SOIL SESSION. IJ9 Value of increase and cost of treatment 1903. 1904. 1905. Total for 3 years. Cost for 3 years. For legume For lime For phosphorus For potassium . $6 30 3 50 12 10 8 40 2 10 $3 50 4 20 8 40 2 80 $3 50 6 £0 23 10 2 80 $1 50 7 50* 7 50 *In steamed bone-meal. Notice now, if you will, the effect of treatment on the gray silt loam. (See plates 4 and 5.) The particular field, the results of which are given here, is located at Odin. A four-year rotation of corn,
. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. SOIL SESSION. IJ9 Value of increase and cost of treatment 1903. 1904. 1905. Total for 3 years. Cost for 3 years. For legume For lime For phosphorus For potassium . $6 30 3 50 12 10 8 40 2 10 $3 50 4 20 8 40 2 80 $3 50 6 £0 23 10 2 80 $1 50 7 50* 7 50 *In steamed bone-meal. Notice now, if you will, the effect of treatment on the gray silt loam. (See plates 4 and 5.) The particular field, the results of which are given here, is located at Odin. A four-year rotation of corn, oats, wheat and cowpeas has been followed. For legume treatment catch crops of cowpeas are seeded in the corn at the last cultivation and after the oats and wheat, to be plowed under for the benefit of the land. It should be slated that 1903 was a very poor wheat year, but notwithstanding that. Plate 4.—Wheat Crop with Legume and Lime Treatment. fact, phosphorus increased the yield nine bushels. In 1904, and again in 1905, where lime had been applied to destroy the sourness in this soil, legumes did better, and there was more organic matter to plow under, and the increased yield shows the effect. But phosphorus added to this treatment gave a very decided additional increase (12 bushels in 1904 and 12 bushels in 1905). A-9. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Missouri. State Board of Agriculture. Jefferson City, Mo. : Missouri State Board of Agriculture
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