. Agriculture of Maine. ... annual report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture. Agriculture -- Maine. FERTILIZER CONTROL STATION. 309 D. B. Johnson, Freedom. Crop, beans. The experimental field bad been in grass for eigbt years. Soil ver}' uniform. Plot. 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 Fertilizer Applied. No fertilizer Dissolved bone black. Dissolved bone black Muriate of potash . Dissolved bone black , Muriate of potash . .. Sulphate of ammonia. Fine ground No fertilizer Dissolved bone black Dissolved bone black Muriate of Dissolved bone black . Muriate of .. Sulphat
. Agriculture of Maine. ... annual report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture. Agriculture -- Maine. FERTILIZER CONTROL STATION. 309 D. B. Johnson, Freedom. Crop, beans. The experimental field bad been in grass for eigbt years. Soil ver}' uniform. Plot. 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 Fertilizer Applied. No fertilizer Dissolved bone black. Dissolved bone black Muriate of potash . Dissolved bone black , Muriate of potash . .. Sulphate of ammonia. Fine ground No fertilizer Dissolved bone black Dissolved bone black Muriate of Dissolved bone black . Muriate of .. Sulphate of ammonia. Fine ground bone < Cm ^ <B I" c — lbs. 400 400 100 o lbs. 740 920 1,840 1,120 920 980 1,280 1,380 960 Yield per Acre. tn a a bush. 1,300 '?' 10. 00 a lbs. 390 460 580 960 540 320 520 590 740 460 Average. Fertilizer Applied. No fertilizer. Dissolved bone black, containing phosphoric acid, C Dissolved bone black, \ Containing phospho- J < Muriate of potash, 1 ric acid and potash, 5 Dissolved bone black, j Containing phospho- Muriate of potash, | ric acid, potash and Sulphate of ammonia,' nitrogen, u o bi "3 ® o o I lbs. 830 Fine ground bone. Yield Per Acre. 1 Beans. Vines. bush. lbs. 355 490 585 850 500 ' Increase of yield over plots with no Fertilizer. Beans, Vines. bush. .9 lbs. 135 230 495 145. 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 Maine. Board of Agriculture; Maine State Pomological Society. Annual report. Augusta
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