. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. 264 Missouri Agricultural Report, was maintained with a slight increase. When the proportion of cattle decreased, then the yield fell off, and Missouri is giving us the same history over again that we have experienced in Ohio. I said that about 1880 we began to use commercial fertilizers. On chart III I have shown the amount expended annually for fer- tilizers in the different sections of the State during the ten years, 1880-89. This expenditure is calculated per acre of w
. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. 264 Missouri Agricultural Report, was maintained with a slight increase. When the proportion of cattle decreased, then the yield fell off, and Missouri is giving us the same history over again that we have experienced in Ohio. I said that about 1880 we began to use commercial fertilizers. On chart III I have shown the amount expended annually for fer- tilizers in the different sections of the State during the ten years, 1880-89. This expenditure is calculated per acre of wheat, because the fertilizers were used almost exclusively on the wheat crop. You will notice it is in Eastern, and to some extent in Southern Ohio, that these fertilizers have been used. In the northwestern part of the State, in what was once known as the Great Black Swamp, there was practically no expenditure for such fertilizers during this per- iod. CHART III. WILLJAMB. Average cost of fertilizer per;"aicre sown in wheat, 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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