. Agriculture of Maine. ... annual report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture. Agriculture -- Maine. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 37 Bag 2. Bag 3. Bag 4. Bag 5. Bag 7. Bag 8. Bag 9. Bag 10 Dissolved bone black, Dissolved bone black, ^ Muriate of potash, r Dissolved bone black, * •] Muriate of potash, ( Sulphate of ammonia, Fine ground bone, Same as Bag 2. Same as Bag 3. Same as Bag 4. Same as Bag 20 lbs. Experiment of S. L. Holbrook, Brunswick. Soil, sandy, exhausted, had not been plowed for forty years. Crop, potatoes. 1 Fertilizer Applied. No fertilizer. 9 2 Dissolved
. Agriculture of Maine. ... annual report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture. Agriculture -- Maine. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 37 Bag 2. Bag 3. Bag 4. Bag 5. Bag 7. Bag 8. Bag 9. Bag 10 Dissolved bone black, Dissolved bone black, ^ Muriate of potash, r Dissolved bone black, * •] Muriate of potash, ( Sulphate of ammonia, Fine ground bone, Same as Bag 2. Same as Bag 3. Same as Bag 4. Same as Bag 20 lbs. Experiment of S. L. Holbrook, Brunswick. Soil, sandy, exhausted, had not been plowed for forty years. Crop, potatoes. 1 Fertilizer Applied. No fertilizer. 9 2 Dissolved bone black. 400 _! 5 Dissolved bone black 400 ' I Muriate of potash 100 r Dissolved bone black 400 4X Muriate of llOO i (_ Sulphate of ammonia 100 5 Fine ground bone 400 6 No fertilizer 7 Dissolved bone black 400 _ C Dissolved bone black 400 ^ll Muriate of potash ;100 C Dissolved bom JV Muriate of pot I ( Sulphate of an Dissolved bone black 400 9;.^ Muriate of potiish 100 immonia 100 Yield per plot. Yield per acre. a 3 o » St 10 Fine ground bone 40( 11 Superphosphate 4*0 a 3 o (9 a CO 35. 46 0 a s c a 3 J3 bo •J J 3 a CO I 23 0 53. o XI on 3 O -??J SB The cost per acre of these fertilizers is given for the benefit of those who wish to studr the results of the folio-wing experiments from a financial point of view. These figures include only the eost of the naaterials delivered in Orono, the small expense ol mixing, and the freight paid for re shipping to the various experimenters not being taken into account The prices which the Station paid for these materials are lower than the retail prices quoted for small lots, but are applicable to lots of several ton
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