. Annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture ... Agriculture -- New York (State). Field Experiments with Fertilizers. 325 Potatoes per acre in bushels calculated from 1 40 of an acre. Large. Small. PlatK^ Plat N 7 3 PlatP Blank 6 3 Plat KN 5 3 Plat KP 5 2 Plat NP Plat NPK Plats * For the meaning of these abbreviations and the rate at which the fertilizers were applied see page 317. A study of tlie above table shows that stable manure (S) gave the best results and that a complete fertilizer (NPK) gave the next best.
. Annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture ... Agriculture -- New York (State). Field Experiments with Fertilizers. 325 Potatoes per acre in bushels calculated from 1 40 of an acre. Large. Small. PlatK^ Plat N 7 3 PlatP Blank 6 3 Plat KN 5 3 Plat KP 5 2 Plat NP Plat NPK Plats * For the meaning of these abbreviations and the rate at which the fertilizers were applied see page 317. A study of tlie above table shows that stable manure (S) gave the best results and that a complete fertilizer (NPK) gave the next best. Stable manure having increased the yield of large potatoes Plat (KP) Plat (NPK) Plat (NP) Plat (S) P(jtash l^itrogen Nitrogen Stable Phos. Acid. PJios. Acid Potash. Phos. Acid. Manure. 61. — Potatoes grown and harvested by Mr. Bonnell. over the yield on the blank plat and decreased the yield of small potatoes from bu. to bu. The complete fertilizer (NPK) increased the yield over the blank plat bu. of large potatoes and decreased the yield of small potatoes from bu. to bu. Of the plant-foods used alone potash gave better results than. 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 New York (State). Dept. of Agriculture; New York State Agricultural Experiment Station; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. Albany : State of New York, Dept. of Agriculture
Size: 2385px × 1048px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthornewyorkstateagricultu, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890
